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A long stick that a painter uses to support the hand holding the brush
Answer for the clue "A long stick that a painter uses to support the hand holding the brush ", 9 letters:
mahlstick
Word definitions for mahlstick in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. maulstick
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
maulstick \maul"stick`\, maul-stick \maul"-stick`\, n. [G. malerstock; maler a painter + stock stick.] A stick used by painters as a rest for the hand while working. [Written also mahl-stick and mahlstick .]
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a long stick that a painter uses to support the hand holding the brush [syn: maulstick ]
Usage examples of mahlstick.
When his sister was gone Robert went up to his studio, and having ground some colours upon his palette he stood for some time, brush and mahlstick in hand, in front of his big bare canvas.