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newel post

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newel post
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(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) the post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs that supports the handrail Sometimes shortened to newel
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Noun1.newel post - the post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairsnewel post - the post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs; it supports the handrail
newel
post - an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position; "he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them"
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