newel

Meaning

1. A central pillar around which a staircase spirals.
2. A sturdy pillar at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs, supporting the handrail.

Synonyms

newel post

torment

torture

Translations

Spindel

كرب

Kummer

turment

suplici

Kernstück

tortura

Qual

Schmerz

سنّادة أو دعّامة الدّرابزين

Todesangst

Wendelbaum

πόνος

affres de la mort

تعذيب

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnjuː.əl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English nowel, *newel, from Old French noel, from either Early Medieval Latin nōdellus (“buckle”, diminutive of nōdus "knot") or Late Latin nucālis (“nut-like”, derivative of nux "nut"). Doublet of noil and noyau.