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noun
1.
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
2.
Also called masking frame. Photography. a frame, often with adjustable masks, used to hold photographic paper flat and control borders when printing enlargements.
Origin:
1625–35; < Dutch ezel ass, easel (cognate with German Esel, Old English esel ass) < Vulgar Latin *asilus, for Latin asellus, diminutive of asinus ass1
1625–35; < Dutch ezel ass, easel (cognate with German Esel, Old English esel ass) < Vulgar Latin *asilus, for Latin asellus, diminutive of asinus ass1
Related forms
ea·seled, adjective
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Easel
is always a great word to know.
So is optical sound. Does it mean:
| sound recorded on and subsequently played back from an optical or photographic soundtrack, as opposed to a magnetic soundtrack |
| an early type of motion-picture projector in which photographs were placed within a rotating disk and viewed in quick succession |
Example Sentences
- Features an easel display, backlight, and countdown timer.
- Two days earlier he had shot himself in the stomach while working at his easel in a nearby field.
- Automatically adjusts for daylight saving time and features an easel display and backlight for easy nighttime viewing.
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Word Origin & History
easel
1590s, from Du. ezel "easel," originally "ass," from M.Du. esel, from L. asinus "ass" (see ass (1)); the comparison being of loading a burden on a donkey and propping up a painting or canvas on a wooden stand.
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