Ēa'sel, n.

n. [Ger. esel, ass, donkey, and hence, easel.] A wooden frame furnished with movable pegs, or a sliding rack, on which pictures are placed while being painted.

Easel-pieces, or pictures (Paint.), the smaller pieces, either portraits or landscapes, which are painted on the easel, as distinguished from those which are drawn on walls, ceilings, &c.