newel

IPA: nˈuʌɫ

(architecture) A central pillar around which a staircase spirals.
(architecture) A sturdy pillar at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs, supporting the handrail.
(obsolete) A novelty; a new thing.

Examples of "newel" in Sentences

By means of the newel-post I drew myself upright and listened.
He reached the stairs and put his hand on the oak newel and took one step after another.
A bar in the lobby is made from balusters, newel posts and door transoms from the original tenement staircase.
We live in a time when a Jewish person's Facebook profile identifies her religion as "Recon-newel-ortho-conserva-form."
She raced past the library, nearly stumbling as she grabbed hold of the newel post at the base of another flight of stairs.
Taking advantage of favouring spells, I managed to effect my exit and gain the newel-post ere the next series of rolls came.
I missed a frantic clutch at the newel-post, flung up my arm in time to save my face, and, most fortunately, whirled half about, and, still falling, impacted with my shoulder muscle-pad on Captain West's door.