neweln.¹

Brit.

/ˈnjuːəl/, U.S.

/ˈn(j)uw(ə)l/

Forms: Middle English niewel, 1600s neuell, 1600s niuell, 1600s niwell, 1600s nuell, 1600s 1800s– newell, 1600s–1700s nuel, 1600s– newel, 1800s newal, 1800s newill; Scottish pre-1700 neiwell, pre-1700 nevell, pre-1700 newall, pre-1700 newell, pre-1700 newill. See also nowel n.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nuel.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French nuel, nual (also noel , noiel , nowel , nowelle ) kernel, stone (of fruit), buckle, clasp, knot (13th cent.), stone forming section of pillar of spiral staircase, or section of pillar and step (14th cent. in Anglo-Norman), pillar forming axis of spiral staircase (1475 in Middle French), further etymology uncertain and disputed: perhaps < post-classical Latin nucalis nucal adj., or perhaps < post-classical Latin nodellus buckle, clasp (late 10th cent.) < classical Latin nodus nodus n. + -ellus -el suffix².With sense 3 compare Middle French noyau (1611 in Cotgrave in this sense).

I. Part of a staircase.

a. A central pillar forming the axis of a spiral or winding staircase. Formerly also: †any of the stones forming such a pillar (obsolete).Sometimes called a solid newel in contrast to sense 1b.In quot. 1682 in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > pillar of spiral staircase

nowel1362

newel1363

spindle1585

newel post1798

1363 in L. F. Salzman Building in Eng. (1992) vi. 114 [30] niewels [at 20 d.].

1561–3 in R. Adam Edinb. Rec. (1899) I. 421 Newellis.

1611 in D. Macgibbon & T. Ross Castellated & Domest. Archit. Scotl. (1892) V. 5 The newalls alwayes of this turnpyek passand be fair passage to the halldure and gusht abone.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Noyau The Nuell or spindle of a winding staire.

1632 in J. Robertson & C. Innes Munimenta Univ. Glasguensis (1854) III. 484 At laying of the first nevell for ane quart of aill iij s. iiij d.

1682 Weekly Memorials for Ingenious (Faithorne & Kersey) 6 Mar. 64 The Spiral Blade of the Cochlea is fastned on the one side to its Nuel.

1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 65 A pair of winding Stairs, having a Nuel in the Center.

1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 197 I could go round between the Columns and the Newel.

1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 184 When the ends of the steps terminate upon a vertical prism or pillar, the prism or pillar is called a newal.

1870 F. R. Wilson Archit. Surv. Churches Lindisfarne 59 The steps ascend round an oblong newell.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvii. [Ithaca] 666 Three continuous flights at successive right angles, of.., treads and risers, newel, balusters and handrail.

1995 Times (Nexis) 19 Aug. Climbing a stone spiral jammed with tourists, clutching on to the central newel on the steep inside lane, or a rope on the outside lane.

b. open newel n. a central open space or well in a spiral or winding staircase; similarly hollow newel. Now chiefly attributive, designating staircases having such a central well.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [noun] > unfilled space in building > round which staircase turns

open newel1625

wellc1660

well hole1732

stairwell1931

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 261 The Staires..to the vpper Roomes, let them bee upon a Faire open Newell.

1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ix. 152 It being intended that a Skie-light shall fall through the Hollow Newel upon the Stairs.

1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) I. ii. ix. 181/2 To the Stairs having an open Newel there is a Rail of Iron.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Stairs Some winding round a solid and others an open Newel.

1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 1008 Where the steps are pinned into the wall, and there is no central pillar, the staircase is said to have an open newel.

1860–4 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) Hollow Newel, a name often given as well as ‘open newel’, to an open well-hole staircase.

1944 E. E. Haycraft in R. Greenhalgh Pract. Builder v. 222/1 Newel stairs are again divided in the close newel and open newel forms.

1962 Appraisal Terminol. & Handbk. (Amer. Inst. Real Estate Appraisers) (ed. 4) 93 Hollow-newel Stair, a circular stairway having a wellhole in the middle.

2. A post at the head or foot of a staircase, supporting a handrail; (also) a similar post at a turning point of a staircase.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > handrail > newel-post of handrail

newel1753

1753 F. Price Brit. Carpenter (ed. 3) 45 Which not only shews the use of the pitch-board, in striking out the string-board, the newels, and rails, but [etc.].

1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. 125 Deal turned newels (posts firmly framed to which the handrail is fixed) and moulded handrail.

1858 Skyring's Builders' Prices 55 Square framed newill... Inch square bar ballusters.

1878 W. W. Fenn Blindman's Holiday II. 46 The carved oak balustrade, the newels, and the polished flooring.

1952 Good Housek. (U.S. ed.) Dec. 76/2 We placed small pots of ivy on alternate steps, then covered the whole newel with a particularly long-vined plant.

1990 Ideal Home Apr. 181/2 (advt.) Large varied stock of original items including fine doors, Victorian fireplaces and surrounds, spindles, newels, handrails.

†II. Miscellaneous uses.

3. A metal bar used in the casting of ordnance (see quots.). Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > [noun] > manufacture of firearms and ammunition > instruments

newel1611

spanner1639

height-board1672

height-rule1692

star gauge1784

spindle1842

gun-pendulum1867

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Anima di créta A long bar of iron luted with clay set vpright in the mold wherein ordinance is cast, called by our gunners the Niuell or Niwell.

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Destra An instrument..which is placed neere the mouth and breech of the mould of the piece when it is cast to sustaine the Niuell or Newell.

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Tiniuella A neuell, a niuell among Gunners.

4. Nautical. An upright piece of timber (see quot. 1850). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > timbers of hull > other framing or supporting timbers

weyr1296

stanchiona1626

sleeper1626

cant1794

newel1831

dead-flat1850

bee-seatingc1860

truss-piece1867

wiver1894

1831 T. O'Scanlan Diccionario Marítimo Español App. 98/1 Newell, pieza de madera colocada verticalmente para recibir el extremo de los galones que van desde la busarda al portalon.

1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 135 Newell, an upright piece of timber to receive the tenon of the rails that lead from the breast-work to the gangway.

5. A pillar supporting one end of the wing-wall of a bridge. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > bridge > parts of

pierlOE

bridge foota1450

heada1450

staddling1461

foota1500

bridge end1515

jowel1516

causey1523

starling?c1684

rib1735

spur1736

icebreaker1744

jetty1772

cutwater1776

roadway1798

sleeper1823

water-breaker1823

centrya1834

stem1835

suspension-tower1842

cantilever1850

semi-beam1850

pylon1851

half-chess1853

span1862

sway-bracing1864

needle-beam1867

ice apron1871

newel1882

flood-arch1891

needle girder1898

sway-brace1909

trough flooring1911

1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Newel,..a cylindrical pillar terminating the wing-wall of a bridge.

Compounds

C1.

newel stair n.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > winding or spiral

vicea1382

turngrece1483

turnpike1516

cochleaa1552

cockle stairs1624

Dutch stairs1649

turnpike stair1730

newel stair1851

newel staircase1859

1851 T. H. Turner Some Acct. Domest. Archit. I. iii. 81 Internal communication by a newel stair at one angle of the building.

1983 J. S. Foster Struct. & Fabric (rev. ed.) I. iii. 243/1 The newel stair is similar to the spiral newel stair.

newel staircase n.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > winding or spiral

vicea1382

turngrece1483

turnpike1516

cochleaa1552

cockle stairs1624

Dutch stairs1649

turnpike stair1730

newel stair1851

newel staircase1859

1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany v. 55 We next ascended the broad newel staircase.

1991 C. Lycett Green Perfect Eng. Country House (BNC) 14 A newel staircase leads up from either end.

† newel-step n. Obsolete rare

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > step > winding step

winder?1677

newel-step1883

1883 Archaeologia Cantiana 15 256 Some broken stone newel-steps which were found close by.

C2.

newel post n. (a) a post forming the central newel of a spiral staircase; (b) = sense 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > pillar of spiral staircase

nowel1362

newel1363

spindle1585

newel post1798

1798 C. Hutton Course Math. II. 88 Take th whole length of the upper part of the hand-rail, and girt over its end till it meet the top of the newel post.

1881 A. F. Oakey Building Home 71 To attain decorative effects in newel-posts and balusters.

1991 Woodworking Jan. 54/2 The pre-war woodworker got a bit carried away and decided to matchboard in the newel post and the base of the stair-frame.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	newel
释义	neweln.¹ Brit. /ˈnjuːəl/, U.S. /ˈn(j)uw(ə)l/ Forms: Middle English niewel, 1600s neuell, 1600s niuell, 1600s niwell, 1600s nuell, 1600s 1800s– newell, 1600s–1700s nuel, 1600s– newel, 1800s newal, 1800s newill; Scottish pre-1700 neiwell, pre-1700 nevell, pre-1700 newall, pre-1700 newell, pre-1700 newill. See also nowel n. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nuel. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French nuel, nual (also noel , noiel , nowel , nowelle ) kernel, stone (of fruit), buckle, clasp, knot (13th cent.), stone forming section of pillar of spiral staircase, or section of pillar and step (14th cent. in Anglo-Norman), pillar forming axis of spiral staircase (1475 in Middle French), further etymology uncertain and disputed: perhaps < post-classical Latin nucalis nucal adj., or perhaps < post-classical Latin nodellus buckle, clasp (late 10th cent.) < classical Latin nodus nodus n. + -ellus -el suffix².With sense 3 compare Middle French noyau (1611 in Cotgrave in this sense). I. Part of a staircase. 1. a. A central pillar forming the axis of a spiral or winding staircase. Formerly also: †any of the stones forming such a pillar (obsolete).Sometimes called a solid newel in contrast to sense 1b.In quot. 1682 in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > pillar of spiral staircase nowel1362 newel1363 spindle1585 newel post1798 1363 in L. F. Salzman Building in Eng. (1992) vi. 114 [30] niewels [at 20 d.]. 1561–3 in R. Adam Edinb. Rec. (1899) I. 421 Newellis. 1611 in D. Macgibbon & T. Ross Castellated & Domest. Archit. Scotl. (1892) V. 5 The newalls alwayes of this turnpyek passand be fair passage to the halldure and gusht abone. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Noyau The Nuell or spindle of a winding staire. 1632 in J. Robertson & C. Innes Munimenta Univ. Glasguensis (1854) III. 484 At laying of the first nevell for ane quart of aill iij s. iiij d. 1682 Weekly Memorials for Ingenious (Faithorne & Kersey) 6 Mar. 64 The Spiral Blade of the Cochlea is fastned on the one side to its Nuel. 1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 65 A pair of winding Stairs, having a Nuel in the Center. 1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 197 I could go round between the Columns and the Newel. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 184 When the ends of the steps terminate upon a vertical prism or pillar, the prism or pillar is called a newal. 1870 F. R. Wilson Archit. Surv. Churches Lindisfarne 59 The steps ascend round an oblong newell. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvii. [Ithaca] 666 Three continuous flights at successive right angles, of.., treads and risers, newel, balusters and handrail. 1995 Times (Nexis) 19 Aug. Climbing a stone spiral jammed with tourists, clutching on to the central newel on the steep inside lane, or a rope on the outside lane. b. open newel n. a central open space or well in a spiral or winding staircase; similarly hollow newel. Now chiefly attributive, designating staircases having such a central well. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [noun] > unfilled space in building > round which staircase turns open newel1625 wellc1660 well hole1732 stairwell1931 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 261 The Staires..to the vpper Roomes, let them bee upon a Faire open Newell. 1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ix. 152 It being intended that a Skie-light shall fall through the Hollow Newel upon the Stairs. 1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) I. ii. ix. 181/2 To the Stairs having an open Newel there is a Rail of Iron. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Stairs Some winding round a solid and others an open Newel. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 1008 Where the steps are pinned into the wall, and there is no central pillar, the staircase is said to have an open newel. 1860–4 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) Hollow Newel, a name often given as well as ‘open newel’, to an open well-hole staircase. 1944 E. E. Haycraft in R. Greenhalgh Pract. Builder v. 222/1 Newel stairs are again divided in the close newel and open newel forms. 1962 Appraisal Terminol. & Handbk. (Amer. Inst. Real Estate Appraisers) (ed. 4) 93 Hollow-newel Stair, a circular stairway having a wellhole in the middle. 2. A post at the head or foot of a staircase, supporting a handrail; (also) a similar post at a turning point of a staircase. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > handrail > newel-post of handrail newel1753 1753 F. Price Brit. Carpenter (ed. 3) 45 Which not only shews the use of the pitch-board, in striking out the string-board, the newels, and rails, but [etc.]. 1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. 125 Deal turned newels (posts firmly framed to which the handrail is fixed) and moulded handrail. 1858 Skyring's Builders' Prices 55 Square framed newill... Inch square bar ballusters. 1878 W. W. Fenn Blindman's Holiday II. 46 The carved oak balustrade, the newels, and the polished flooring. 1952 Good Housek. (U.S. ed.) Dec. 76/2 We placed small pots of ivy on alternate steps, then covered the whole newel with a particularly long-vined plant. 1990 Ideal Home Apr. 181/2 (advt.) Large varied stock of original items including fine doors, Victorian fireplaces and surrounds, spindles, newels, handrails. †II. Miscellaneous uses. 3. A metal bar used in the casting of ordnance (see quots.). Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > [noun] > manufacture of firearms and ammunition > instruments newel1611 spanner1639 height-board1672 height-rule1692 star gauge1784 spindle1842 gun-pendulum1867 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Anima di créta A long bar of iron luted with clay set vpright in the mold wherein ordinance is cast, called by our gunners the Niuell or Niwell. 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Destra An instrument..which is placed neere the mouth and breech of the mould of the piece when it is cast to sustaine the Niuell or Newell. 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Tiniuella A neuell, a niuell among Gunners. 4. Nautical. An upright piece of timber (see quot. 1850). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > timbers of hull > other framing or supporting timbers weyr1296 stanchiona1626 sleeper1626 cant1794 newel1831 dead-flat1850 bee-seatingc1860 truss-piece1867 wiver1894 1831 T. O'Scanlan Diccionario Marítimo Español App. 98/1 Newell, pieza de madera colocada verticalmente para recibir el extremo de los galones que van desde la busarda al portalon. 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 135 Newell, an upright piece of timber to receive the tenon of the rails that lead from the breast-work to the gangway. 5. A pillar supporting one end of the wing-wall of a bridge. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > bridge > parts of pierlOE bridge foota1450 heada1450 staddling1461 foota1500 bridge end1515 jowel1516 causey1523 starling?c1684 rib1735 spur1736 icebreaker1744 jetty1772 cutwater1776 roadway1798 sleeper1823 water-breaker1823 centrya1834 stem1835 suspension-tower1842 cantilever1850 semi-beam1850 pylon1851 half-chess1853 span1862 sway-bracing1864 needle-beam1867 ice apron1871 newel1882 flood-arch1891 needle girder1898 sway-brace1909 trough flooring1911 1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Newel,..a cylindrical pillar terminating the wing-wall of a bridge. Compounds C1. newel stair n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > winding or spiral vicea1382 turngrece1483 turnpike1516 cochleaa1552 cockle stairs1624 Dutch stairs1649 turnpike stair1730 newel stair1851 newel staircase1859 1851 T. H. Turner Some Acct. Domest. Archit. I. iii. 81 Internal communication by a newel stair at one angle of the building. 1983 J. S. Foster Struct. & Fabric (rev. ed.) I. iii. 243/1 The newel stair is similar to the spiral newel stair. newel staircase n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > winding or spiral vicea1382 turngrece1483 turnpike1516 cochleaa1552 cockle stairs1624 Dutch stairs1649 turnpike stair1730 newel stair1851 newel staircase1859 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany v. 55 We next ascended the broad newel staircase. 1991 C. Lycett Green Perfect Eng. Country House (BNC) 14 A newel staircase leads up from either end. † newel-step n. Obsolete rare ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > step > winding step winder?1677 newel-step1883 1883 Archaeologia Cantiana 15 256 Some broken stone newel-steps which were found close by. C2. newel post n. (a) a post forming the central newel of a spiral staircase; (b) = sense 2. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > pillar of spiral staircase nowel1362 newel1363 spindle1585 newel post1798 1798 C. Hutton Course Math. II. 88 Take th whole length of the upper part of the hand-rail, and girt over its end till it meet the top of the newel post. 1881 A. F. Oakey Building Home 71 To attain decorative effects in newel-posts and balusters. 1991 Woodworking Jan. 54/2 The pre-war woodworker got a bit carried away and decided to matchboard in the newel post and the base of the stair-frame. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † neweln.² Forms: Middle English–1600s newell, 1500s newel, 1500s newyell; also Scottish pre-1700 nevell. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: novel n. Etymology: Alteration of novel n. after new adj. Compare newelty n., newelry n. Obsolete. A piece of news; a novelty.In quot. 1484 the plural form is used with singular agreement; cf. news n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > news or tidings > [noun] wordOE tiding1069 messagec1325 sound1413 news1417 advicec1425 noveltya1450 novelsc1450 newel1484 strangesa1500 nouvellesc1500 uncouthsa1529 occurrent1583 actualité1840 the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [noun] > a new thing or novelty newOE noveltyc1384 novelry1395 novela1450 novality?c1450 neweltyc1475 newel1484 newinga1500 newfangle?1510 novalty1563 newelry?1578 fangle1583 newie1924 1484 W. Cely Let. 23 Apr. (1975) 212 Item, syr, as ffor syche newellys as ys here, plese hytt yow to comen wyth the brynger herof. a1500 in R. L. Greene Early Eng. Carols (1935) 272 Syns that Eue was procreat..Cowd not such newels in this lond be inuentyd. c1528 Sir T. Clifford Let. 18 Mar. in Camden Misc. (1992) XXXI. 75 And newyelles we have noyn bott this Mounday xvjth day of March at nyght my lord Tressorer and my lord Chamerlayn cam to the kyng and [etc.]. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. May 276 He was so enamored with the newell, That nought he deemed deare for the jewell. 1614 J. Davies in W. Browne Shepheards Pipe sig. G5 O! how my heart's ioy-rapt, as I had cought A Princedome to my share, of thilk Newell. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † newelv. Forms: see newel n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: newel n.¹ Etymology: < newel n.¹ Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. transitive. Apparently: to bore or pierce (a piece of ordnance). Cf. newel n.¹ 2. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > produce or develop arms [verb (transitive)] > processes in gun-making stock1539 ranforce1547 newel1611 rifle1619 fortify1627 screw1635 chamber1708 reborea1792 flint1803 restocking1805 vent1828 percussionize1832 ream1841 percussion1844 restock1844 retube1846 revent1864 reline1875 sleeve1976 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Tiniuellare To boare or niuell thorow. 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Tiniuellato A pi[e]ce niuelled or newelled. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.¹1363n.²1484v.1611
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neweln.1

Compounds

† neweln.2

† newelv.

neweln.¹

† neweln.²