easel
An upright frame, typically on three legs, for displaying or supporting something,…An upright frame, typically on three legs, for displaying or supporting something, such as an artist's canvas.
» The same half-finished painting sat on the artist's easel for years.
Meaning
1 sensesAn upright frame, typically on three legs, for displaying or supporting something, such as an artist's canvas.
Staffelei
мольбе́ртmolʹbért, подста́вкаpodstávka
мольбертmolʹbert, підставкаpidstavka
an upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas)
Examples
4 sentencesThe same half-finished painting sat on the artist's easel for years.
William's hobby is painting, and he spends most weekends at his easel.
No artist's studio is complete without an unfinished painting resting on an easel.
ruНи одну мастерскую художника нельзя назвать законченной без неоконченной картины, стоящей на мольберте.
Tom noticed the easel in the corner of Mary's room.
ruВ углу комнаты Марии Том заметил мольберт.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Dutch ezel (“donkey; easel”), from Middle Dutch esel (“donkey”), from Proto-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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