newel

Example Sentences

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Among the artefacts found in the house are two angels, carved from oak, which once stood as newel posts at the foot of the house's main stairway.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2024

One luxuriated on a fluffy bedspread by a picture window overlooking Manhattan; another perched on a banister newel post, master of his empty household.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2022

She paints portraits of people’s homes, focusing on one modest detail — a doorstop, a newel post or the fringed trim of a curtain.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2022

The stairs that lead up to the second floor have an unusual handrail and newel post, together resembling a rolled-up piece of paper that has been partially unfurled.

From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2022

Each step was set on a center newel, and the steps fanned out from it.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli