easel

[ ee-zuhl ]
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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 of easel

1
1625–35; <Dutch ezel ass, easel (cognate with German Esel,Old English esel ass) <Vulgar Latin *asilus, for Latin asellus, diminutive of asinusass1

Other words from easel

  • easeled, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for easel

easel

/ (ˈiːzəl) /


noun
  1. a frame, usually in the form of an upright tripod, used for supporting or displaying an artist's canvas, blackboard, etc

Origin of easel

1
C17: from Dutch ezel ass 1; related to Gothic asilus, German Esel, Latin asinus ass

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