Fewel vs Newel - What's the difference?
fewel | newel |
* 1662 , , Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 49:
(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
As nouns the difference between fewel and newel
is that fewel is while newel is (architecture) a central pillar around which a staircase spirals or newel can be (obsolete) a novelty; a new thing.fewel
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newel
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(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 .