EASEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does easel mean? 

• EASEL (noun)
  The noun EASEL has 1 sense:

1. an upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas)

  Familiarity information: EASEL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EASEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("easel" is a kind of...):

tripod (a three-legged rack used for support)

 Context examples 

In this room, too, there was a cabinet piano, quite new and of superior tone; also an easel for painting and a pair of globes.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Moreover, I wished to see whether you would seek me if I shunned you—but you did not; you kept in the schoolroom as still as your own desk and easel; if by chance I met you, you passed me as soon, and with as little token of recognition, as was consistent with respect.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)