EASEL


Meaning of EASEL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈē-zəl ]

noun

Etymology: Dutch ezel, literally, ass, from Middle Dutch esel; akin to Old English esol ass; both from a prehistoric East Germanic-West Germanic word borrowed from Latin asinus ass

Date: 1596

: a frame for supporting something (as an artist's canvas)

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