newel

Etymology 1
From, , of uncertain origin.

Noun

 * 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.
 * 1)  A sturdy pillar at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs, supporting the handrail.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: централна колона на вита стълба
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: sloup točitého schodiště
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: keskipilari
 * French:
 * German:
 * Ido: chef-balustro
 * Irish: ráille staighre, cuaille, mol
 * Polish: słupek balustrady schodowej
 * Russian: винтовой лестницы
 * Spanish:


 * Czech: sloupek zábradlí

Etymology 2
From, modelled after.

Noun

 * 1)  A novelty; a new thing.
 * 2) * 1882: Edmund Spenser (Alexander Balloch Grosart, ed) The Complete Works in Verse and Prose of Edmund Spenser
 * He was so enamoured with the newel.