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easel

noun

ea·​sel ˈē-zəl How to pronounce easel (audio)
: a frame for supporting something (such as an artist's canvas)

Illustration of easel

Illustration of easel

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web In Niles, people prayed before the Maria Santissima Lauretana image, a painting set on an easel among flowers and candles in a shrine tent. Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2022 The band shell was empty but for two stacks of speakers, a portrait of John on an easel, garlands of evergreen, and a single wreath. Jann S. Wenner, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2022 Sitting in a horseshoe pattern are 20 Nigérien soldiers gathered around an easel going over how to assault a target. Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2022 In Andy’s studio, a bowl of deep purple mussel shells stained with paint sit on a table next to an easel; Wyeth mixed his delicate egg tempera pigments in those shells, which lent them their preternatural tones. Murray Whyte, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2022 Atop a hill in the eucalyptus knoll across the street, a striker in a beret and smock stood at an easel painting a landscape of the ordeal. Jake S. Friedman, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2022 Consider the khaki an easel for your outfit masterpiece. Vogue, 14 July 2022 Of course, there’s also a painter’s easel, a chisel, and a microscope. Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 11 July 2022 As is tradition, a golden easel bearing a framed notice announcing the birth was placed on display in front of Buckingham Palace that afternoon. Cnn Staff, CNN, 2 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Dutch ezel, literally, "donkey," going back to Middle Dutch esel, going back to Germanic *asil- (whence Old Saxon & Old High German esil "donkey," Old English esol, eosol, Gothic asilus), altered from Latin asinus — more at ass entry 1

First Known Use

1596, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of easel was in 1596

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