Easel

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Easel \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.
     [1913 Webster]


  
     {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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  easel
       n : an upright tripod for displaying something (usually an
           artist's canvas)

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "easel":
     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