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newel post

NOUN
  1. the post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs; it supports the handrail

How To Use newel post In A Sentence

  • Another identical newel post stood atop the staircase on both sides defining the length.
  • The pitch pine and mahogany staircase has antique courtesy lights atop carved newel posts and leads to five large bedrooms, all with en suites.
  • As he surveyed the room he suddenly realised that his hand was still firmly clasping the newel post at the top of the stairs. HIDING FROM THE LIGHT
  • A bar in the lobby is made from balusters, newel posts and door transoms from the original tenement staircase. For Sale: One Labor of Love
  • A similar fitting is used on the intermediate newel posts, then the handrail is attached between these fittings.
  • On top of the newel post, use a wooden fitting called a starting easement, which caps off the post and provides a transition to the handrail.
  • Since most fighters were right-handed, the stairways were built in such a way that if you were trying to get up the stairs, the newel post is on your right-hand side.
  • Dr. Bender takes off his overcoat and hangs it on the newel post of the banister.
  • She raced past the library, nearly stumbling as she grabbed hold of the newel post at the base of another flight of stairs. Charlotte’s Family Tree « A Fly in Amber
  • With one hand on his hip, the other on the newel post, he waited at the bottom of the stairs. DANSVILLE
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