newel post
a post supporting one end of a handrail at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs.
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How to use newel post in a sentence
It was about the size of a dinner-plate, and lay on the newel-post as I came down stairs one morning.
She groped carefully for the newel-post, for going down was more dangerous than coming up, and she feared she might fall headlong.
Marjorie's Busy Days | Carolyn WellsThe corners of Mr. Gryce's mouth betrayed that he noted this change, but he did not turn away from the newel-post.
That Affair Next Door | Anna Katharine GreenLimply he sagged against the newel-post, a sorry picture of grief and pain.
Cursed | George Allan EnglandHe noticed, too, that Dr. Redding had descended the stairs and leant against the newel post.
The Gray Mask | Wadsworth Camp
British Dictionary definitions for newel post
the post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs that supports the handrail: Sometimes shortened to: newel
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