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easel
[ ee-zuhl ]
/ ˈi zəl /
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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.
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Origin of easel
1625–35; <Dutch ezel ass, easel (cognate with German Esel,Old English esel ass) <Vulgar Latin *asilus, for Latin asellus, diminutive of asinusass1
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easel
/ (ˈiːzəl) /
noun
a frame, usually in the form of an upright tripod, used for supporting or displaying an artist's canvas, blackboard, etc
Word Origin for easel
C17: from Dutch ezel ass 1; related to Gothic asilus, German Esel, Latin asinus ass
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