Usually means: Supporting post for staircase handrail.
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  1. newel: Merriam-Webster
  2. newel: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. newel: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. newel: Collins English Dictionary
  5. newel: Vocabulary.com
  6. Newel, newel: Wordnik
  7. newel: Wiktionary
  8. newel: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. newel: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. newel: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Newel, newel: Dictionary.com
  12. newel: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Newel: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Newel: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. newel: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. newel: Rhymezone
  17. Newel: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. newel: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. newel: FreeDictionary.org
  20. newel: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. newel: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. newel: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. NEWEL: The Britannia Lexicon (Middle Ages Glossary)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Newel (disambiguation), newel: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Newel: Castle Terms
  2. newel: A Word A Day

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (newel)

noun:  (architecture) A central pillar around which a staircase spirals.
noun:  (architecture) A sturdy pillar at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs, supporting the handrail.
noun:  (obsolete) A novelty; a new thing.

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