newel
noun/njuəl/
Frequency rank: #19,795 most common English word
Meaning
The central upright post of a spiral staircase, or the post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs that supports the handrail.
Example sentence
The carpenter carefully restored the carved newel post at the bottom of the staircase.
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