Definition of easel in English:
easel
noun ˈiːz(ə)lˈizəl
A wooden frame for holding an artist's work while it is being painted or drawn.
- All of it is made possible by the creative energy that is released each time Thomas sits at his easel to paint.
- Abby nodded and grabbed the camera she usually used, and Chris followed her with an easel and some oil paints.
- Business is so bad that their son Graziano, a talented artist, has time to set up his easel and paint in the restaurant as well as work as a waiter.
- Among the gifts were gardening books, a new garden pond and an easel, artist's chair and watercolour paints, to help her with her new activities in retirement.
- The artist's easel, paint box, palettes, paintbrushes and dried tubes of paint occupied a corner.
- She is planning one more major adventure, but after that has promised her family that she will return to her easel - she paints watercolours using Chinese inks and paper.
- The show is also a wonderful time to watch artists set up easels and paint for the crowds or sign posters and books.
- Rembrandt's drawing, a plan for a painting, is a simple sketch of the artist alone with his easel.
- Churchill, a frequent guest, often relaxed there with his easel and paints, while Rex Whistler contributed decorative murals.
- A canvass was set up on the easel, paints on the table alongside.
- Hal Meah, a sketch artist who set up his easel at the fairs on our route, taught me how to draw.
- Benton's early pictures were painted on easels and the pictures were expected to be framed and hung on walls.
- Her friends at the club would take turns posing in front of the easel, while Grotte and other art club members painted them.
- They are shown in a large room, surrounded by other characters, including the artist himself, who stands at his easel.
- Here exhibited for the first time, it depicts a painting on an easel and a bird on the wing, the easel representing the artist and the bird in flight the liberating act of painting.
- This is where the town's Romeos parade up and down, its old men relax on benches outside the church, and artists work at their easels.
- The artist bent over the easel day and night, vigorously splashing paint here and splashing paint there.
- The easel is set diagonally to the right of the stool, just as the artist has his easel in Allegory of Painting.
- Cai installed the works in a distinctly outdated mode, crowded together on wooden easels that evoke sidewalk art-fair displays.
- With a huge white canvas on the easel before them, artists were called, one by one randomly, given a minute to convey his idea by a deft stroke in his chosen colour.
Origin
Late 16th century: from Dutch ezel 'ass'. The word ‘horse’ is used in English in a similar way to denote a supporting frame.
An easel is literally a donkey, coming into English in the 1630s from Dutch ezel. The use is similar to that of horse in clothes horse, where the load-bearing object is likened to a beast of burden.
Rhymes
diesel, teasel, weasel
Definition of easel in US English:
easel
nounˈizəlˈēzəl
A self-supporting wooden frame for holding an artist's work while it is being painted or drawn.
- A canvass was set up on the easel, paints on the table alongside.
- The show is also a wonderful time to watch artists set up easels and paint for the crowds or sign posters and books.
- She is planning one more major adventure, but after that has promised her family that she will return to her easel - she paints watercolours using Chinese inks and paper.
- Rembrandt's drawing, a plan for a painting, is a simple sketch of the artist alone with his easel.
- Churchill, a frequent guest, often relaxed there with his easel and paints, while Rex Whistler contributed decorative murals.
- Among the gifts were gardening books, a new garden pond and an easel, artist's chair and watercolour paints, to help her with her new activities in retirement.
- Business is so bad that their son Graziano, a talented artist, has time to set up his easel and paint in the restaurant as well as work as a waiter.
- Cai installed the works in a distinctly outdated mode, crowded together on wooden easels that evoke sidewalk art-fair displays.
- Hal Meah, a sketch artist who set up his easel at the fairs on our route, taught me how to draw.
- They are shown in a large room, surrounded by other characters, including the artist himself, who stands at his easel.
- The easel is set diagonally to the right of the stool, just as the artist has his easel in Allegory of Painting.
- Benton's early pictures were painted on easels and the pictures were expected to be framed and hung on walls.
- Here exhibited for the first time, it depicts a painting on an easel and a bird on the wing, the easel representing the artist and the bird in flight the liberating act of painting.
- Abby nodded and grabbed the camera she usually used, and Chris followed her with an easel and some oil paints.
- This is where the town's Romeos parade up and down, its old men relax on benches outside the church, and artists work at their easels.
- With a huge white canvas on the easel before them, artists were called, one by one randomly, given a minute to convey his idea by a deft stroke in his chosen colour.
- All of it is made possible by the creative energy that is released each time Thomas sits at his easel to paint.
- Her friends at the club would take turns posing in front of the easel, while Grotte and other art club members painted them.
- The artist's easel, paint box, palettes, paintbrushes and dried tubes of paint occupied a corner.
- The artist bent over the easel day and night, vigorously splashing paint here and splashing paint there.
Origin
Late 16th century: from Dutch ezel ‘ass’. The word ‘horse’ is used in English in a similar way to denote a supporting frame.