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easel
[ ee-zuhl ]
noun
- 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.
easel
/ ˈiːzəl /
noun
- a frame, usually in the form of an upright tripod, used for supporting or displaying an artist's canvas, blackboard, etc
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Origin of easel1
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Example Sentences
The last drawing, he reveals, will be of Arthur sitting at an easel painting Denison.
On the easel sits a depiction of sun shining through trees, illuminating the grass below.
A photograph showed Bush hunched over an easel in what appears to be a home gym.
I went back to my easel and motioned the model to resume her pose.
While moving a framed canvas from one easel to another my foot slipped on the polished floor, and I fell heavily on both wrists.
As in a trance he crosses the room, seizes charcoal, and feverishly works at the blank canvas on the easel.
As in a trance he crosses the cell, seizes a piece of charcoal, and feverishly works at the picture on the easel!
The artist grasped his friend's hand, dragged him off to the studio, uncovered a small easel picture and a portrait.
If it passed the inspection, he would nod contentedly, trill out a gay refrain, and replace it on the easel for further study.
A Bayard in society—a Raphael at the easel, he bore a distinguished part in the lionization of the day.
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