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easel

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ea·sel  (zl)
n.
An upright frame for displaying or supporting something, such as an artist's canvas.

[Dutch ezel, ass, from Middle Dutch esel, from Latin asellus, diminutive of asinus.]
Word History: "A painter's ass" is not a phrase that immediately brings to mind an accessory to the artist's profession. But easel comes to us from the Dutch word ezel, meaning "ass, donkey." The Dutch word was eventually extended to mean "an upright frame for displaying or supporting something," in the same way that the English word horse has come to mean "a piece of gymnastic equipment with an upholstered body." Developments such as these illustrate the playfulness or wit sometimes introduced into language when speakers use perceived similarities between two objects to name one of them.
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easel

easel
Noun
a frame on legs, used for supporting an artist's canvas, a display, or a blackboard [Dutch ezel ass]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.easeleasel - an upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas)
tripod - a three-legged rack used for support
Translations

easel [ˈiːzl] ncaballete m
easel [ˈiːzl] nchevalet m
easel [ˈiːzl] nStaffelei f
easel [ˈiːzl] ncavalletto

easel
n easel [ˈiːzl]
a (hinged) stand for supporting a blackboard, an artist's picture etc. skildereselحـامِل لَوحـة رسّامстативstojanstaffelidie Staffeleiκαβαλέτοcaballetetugiraam, molbertسه پایه نقاشیmaalaustelinechevaletחֲצוּבָהचित्राधार, चित्रफलकslikarski stalak, štafelajfestőállványkuda-kudamálaratrönurcavalletto画架이젤molbertasmolbertskekudaschildersezelstaffelisztalugacavaleteşevaletпюпитр; мольбертstojanstojaloštafelajstaffliขาตั้งกระดานดำ; ขาตั้งภาพressam sehpası黑板架,畫架мольберт; дерев'яна підставкаنقاش کی تصویر یا تختہ سیاح کو سہارنے والا کھڑا ڈھانچاgiá vẽ

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Amelie rose, took an easel which stood near hers, carried it to a distance from the noble group, and placed it close to a board partition which separated the studio from the extreme end of the attic, where all broken casts, defaced canvases and the winter supply of wood were kept.
And disengaging a couple of chairs from the artistical lumber that usurped them, she bid us be seated, and resumed her place beside the easel - not facing it exactly, but now and then glancing at the picture upon it while she conversed, and giving it an occasional touch with her brush, as if she found it impossible to wean her attention entirely from her occupation to fix it upon her guests.
Of his picture, the one that stood now on his easel, he had at the bottom of his heart one conviction--that no one had ever painted a picture like it.
 
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