'newel' in The Corrections | Bookmarker

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(noun) an upright post about which the steps of a circular staircase wind / (noun) a post at the foot of a straight stairway or one at a landing

planting his feet sideways to take the steps three and four at a time, grabbing the newel at each landing and reversing his trajectory with a jerk

—p.31 by Jonathan Franzen

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