Bible Dictionaries
Newel

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A novelty; a new thing.

(2):

(n.) The upright post about which the steps of a circular staircase wind; hence, in stairs having straight flights, the principal post at the foot of a staircase, or the secondary ones at the landings. See Hollow newel, under Hollow.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Newel'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​n/newel.html. 1828.