paintbrush

[peynt-bruhsh]

noun

a brush for applying paint, as one used in painting houses or one used in painting pictures.

any plant of the genus Castilleja.

Origin of paintbrush

First recorded in 1820–30; paint + brush¹

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Examples from the Web for paintbrush

Contemporary Examples of paintbrush

So he was really using a paintbrush for the first time in his life.
Can You Paint Like Johannes Vermeer, Too?
Andrew Romano
December 6, 2013
The younger Kate, in contrast, turned her own schoolgirl training with a paintbrush into a career.
Charles Dickens’s Unhappy Children
Michael Gorra
December 2, 2012

Historical Examples of paintbrush

Well, he hoped to goodness that she would not, and brusquely wielded his paintbrush.
An Engagement of Convenience
Louis Zangwill
But the call for the wielders of the paintbrush came not only from the sea.
Inventions of the Great War
A. Russell (Alexander Russell) Bond
Like Mr. Winston Churchill, he diverts his leisure with a paintbrush.
Painted Windows
Harold Begbie
These last indeed owe their colouring to a layer of pigment which the point of a paintbrush will easily loosen and remove.
The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles
Jean Henri Fabre
Long stretches between are filled "shot gun" houses, unaquainted for many years with a paintbrush.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4
Work Projects Administration

British Dictionary definitions for paintbrush

paintbrush

noun

a brush used to apply paint

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