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Easel

//ˈiː.z(ə)l// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An upright frame, typically on three legs, for displaying or supporting something, such as an artist's canvas.

    "Chevalet, (chaſſis de bois ſur lequel les Peintres poſent leurs Tableaux quand ils travaillent) a Painter's Eaſel."

  2. 2
    an upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas) wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch ezel (“donkey; easel”), from Middle Dutch esel (“donkey”), from Proto-West Germanic *asil, from Latin asellus (“young ass or small donkey”), diminutive of asinus (“ass, donkey”), ultimately from an unknown source in Asia Minor. Essentially, the stand that a painting is placed on is being likened to a donkey carrying a burden; compare horse (“a frame with legs used to support something”), as in clotheshorse and sawhorse.

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