different between easel vs gantry

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?i?.z(?)l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?i.z?l/
• Rhymes: -i?z?l
• Hyphenation: ea?sel

Noun

easel (plural easels)

1. An upright frame, typically on three legs, for displaying or supporting something, such as an artist's canvas.

Derived terms

• bench easel
• easel painting
• easellike

Translations

See also

• chevalet

Further reading

• easel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Elsea, Lease, Seale, eales, easle, lease, seale

English

Alternative forms

• gauntree, gauntry, gawntree (archaic)

Etymology

From Old French chantier (probably via Old Northern French gantier), from Late Latin cantarium, from Latin canterius (“trellis, sort of frame”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ænt?i/

Noun

gantry (plural gantries)

1. A framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something.
2. A supporting framework for a barrel.
3. A gantry crane or gantry scaffold.
4. (medical imaging) A cylindrical scanner assembly in the bore of which the response of bodies or tissues to some specific exposure can be detected for 3D imaging.

Derived terms

• gantry crane
• gantry scaffold
• signal gantry

Translations

Anagrams

• gyrant