EASEL in a Sentence

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For EASEL, below is one of 5 sentences:
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.

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 Meanings and Examples of EASEL
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easel
 n.  an upright tripod for displaying something, usually an artist's canvas
Classic Sentence:
1  In the middle of the room a picture stood on an easel, covered over with a shirt whose arms dangled down to the ground.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Seven Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter
2  when the painter invited him to sit on the bed while he himself sat down on the only chair in the room in front of the easel.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Seven Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter
3  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 Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
4  Had he been a painter, he would have fixed his easel here, where the country, barred by trees, looked like a picture.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 1
Example Sentence:
1  And at Buckingham Palace, royal watchers and tourists queued in the rain to catch a glimpse of the bulletin announcing the arrival of the royal baby at 16:34 BST on Monday, which is being displayed on an easel.