newel : Idioms & Phrases

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Hollow newel

  • (Arch.), an opening in the center of a winding staircase in place of a newel post, the stairs being supported by the wall; an open newel; also, the stringpiece or rail winding around the well of such a staircase.
Webster 1913

newel post

  • noun the post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs; it supports the handrail
    newel.
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Open newel

  • . (Arch.) See Hollow newel, under Hollow.
Webster 1913

Solid newel

  • (Arch.), a newel into which the ends of winding stairs are built, in distinction from a hollow newel. See under Hollow, a.
Webster 1913