We went along the hall to the end and up a flight of stairs with a carved handrail and newel post.
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Newel
//ˈnu.əl//
Synonyms for "newel" (5 found)
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15 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- централна колона на вита стълба noun (central pillar of staircase)
Catalan
1 entries- monjo noun (central pillar of staircase)
Czech
2 entries- sloup točitého schodiště noun (central pillar of staircase)
- sloupek zábradlí noun (pillar supporting the handrail)
Dutch
1 entries- spindel noun (central pillar of staircase)
Finnish
1 entries- keskipilari noun (central pillar of staircase)
French
1 entries- noyau noun (central pillar of staircase)
German
1 entries- Spindel noun (central pillar of staircase)
Ido
1 entries- chef-balustro noun (central pillar of staircase)
Irish
3 entries- cuaille noun (central pillar of staircase)
- mol noun (central pillar of staircase)
- ráille staighre noun (central pillar of staircase)
Polish
1 entries- słupek balustrady schodowej noun (central pillar of staircase)
Russian
1 entries- коло́нна винтовой лестницы noun (central pillar of staircase)
Spanish
1 entries- alma noun (central pillar of staircase)
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1882: Edmund Spenser (Alexander Balloch Grosart, ed) The Complete Works in Verse and Prose of Edmund Spenser He was so enamoured with the newel.
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