easel• He was seated at an easel.• A cup stand consists of an easel to display the saucer of the cup sitting before it.• In one dimcorner of the little box he thought he could see an easel, and a tiny unmade bed.• Margarett got the children to paint, and in the ease of the country even Shaw set up an easel.• The conference room was composed of a large 11-shapedtable with chairs, several flipcharteasels, and a coffeepot.• Paul Collins uses variousbrushes, portableeasels and aluminum frames to keep his canvasstretched.• The maps were in rolls on an architect's easel in the corner of the office.• The painting on the easel is a portrait.
Origineasel
(1500-1600)Dutchezel“donkey”; because an easel carries a painting as a donkey carries a person