Meaning of EASEL
| Pronunciation: | | 'eezul
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| | Definition: | | [n] an upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas) |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ea"sel\, n. [D. ezel ass, donkey, hence, easel, or G.
esel; akin to E. ass. See {Ass}.]
A frame (commonly) of wood serving to hold a canvas upright,
or nearly upright, for the painter's convenience or for
exhibition.
{Easel picture}, {Easel piece}, a painting of moderate size
such as is made while resting on an easel, as
distinguished from a painting on a wall or ceiling.
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| | Related Terms: | | air brush, art paper, brush, camera lucida, camera obscura, canvas, chalk, charcoal, crayon, drawing paper, drawing pencil, drier, fixative, ground, lay figure, maulstick, medium, paint, paintbrush, palette, palette knife, pastel, pencil, pigments, scratchboard, siccative, sketchbook, sketchpad, spatula, spray gun, stump, varnish |
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