easel
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
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
1Other words from easel
- easeled, adjective
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How to use easel in a sentence
On either side of Bratton and the other officials were two blown-up photos set upon easels.
On the 14th E. called again, and again Whistler was dressed and in the studio, and there were pictures on the easels.
The Life of James McNeill Whistler | Elizabeth Robins PennellBeyond various drawings, three easels, and a chest of drawers for each, there was no suitable household equipment.
The "Genius" | Theodore DreiserLady sketchers are sometimes to be seen there, their easels set up in secluded nooks.
Highways and Byways in London | Mrs. E. T. Cook.The chairs and easels were piled up like jackstraws at the beginning of a game.
Molly Brown of Kentucky | Nell Speed
It was the people of their minds' eye who sat beside their easels.
The Book of Art for Young People | Agnes Conway
British Dictionary definitions for easel
/ (ˈiːzəl) /
a frame, usually in the form of an upright tripod, used for supporting or displaying an artist's canvas, blackboard, etc
Origin of easel
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