Newel vs Balustrade - What's the difference?
newel | balustrade |
(architecture) A central pillar around which a staircase spirals.
(architecture) A sturdy pillar at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs, supporting the handrail.
* 1943 , (Raymond Chandler), The High Window , Penguin 2005, p. 238:
(obsolete) A novelty; a new thing.
* 1882 : (Alexander Balloch Grosart, ed) The Complete Works in Verse and Prose of Edmund Spenser
(architecture) A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building.
* 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 45
As nouns the difference between newel and balustrade
is that newel is (architecture) a central pillar around which a staircase spirals or newel can be (obsolete) a novelty; a new thing while balustrade is balustrade.newel
English
(wikipedia newel)Etymology 1
From (etyl) nuel, (etyl) nuel, of uncertain origin.Noun
(en noun)- We went along the hall to the end and up a flight of stairs with a carved handrail and newel post.
Synonyms
* (central pillar of a staircase spiral) spindleEtymology 2
From .Noun
(en noun)- He was so enamoured with the newel .
balustrade
English
Noun
(en noun)- The Jester sat down on one of the marble balustrades and regarded Alvin with a curious intentness.