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Sewel vs Newel - What's the difference?

sewel | newel |

As nouns the difference between sewel and newel

is that sewel is a scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to prevent deer from breaking into a place while newel is a central pillar around which a staircase spirals.

sewel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to prevent deer from breaking into a place.
    • (Halliwell)
    (Webster 1913) ----

    newel

    English

    (wikipedia newel)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) nuel, (etyl) nuel, of uncertain origin.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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:
    • 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) spindle

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A novelty; a new thing.
  • * 1882 : (Alexander Balloch Grosart, ed) The Complete Works in Verse and Prose of Edmund Spenser
    • He was so enamoured with the newel .