Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun newel_post
1 sense of newel post
Sense 1
newel post, newel -- (the post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs; it supports the handrail)
=> post -- (an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position; "he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them")