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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: newel (0.01017 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to newel.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: newel
newel
n 1: the post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs; it
supports the handrail [syn:
newel post]
2: the central pillar of a circular staircase
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Newel
Newel
\New"el\ (n[=u]"[e^]l), n. [From
New. Cf.
Novel.]
A novelty; a new thing. [Obs.] --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
Newel
\New"el\ (n[=u]"[e^]l), n. [OF. nual, F. noyau sone, of
fruit, noyau d'escaler newel, fr. L. nucalis like a nut, fr.
nux, nucis, nut. Cf.
Nowel the inner wall of a mold,
Nucleus.] (Arch.)
The upright post about which the steps of a circular
staircase wind; hence, in stairs having straight flights, the
principal post at the foot of a staircase, or the secondary
ones at the landings. Also called newel post. See
Hollow newel
, under
Hollow.
[1913 Webster]
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