1) Mahlstick 2) Painting material 3) Stick 1) Mahlstick 
A mahlstick, or maulstick, is a stick with a soft leather or padded head, used by painters to support the hand that holds the brush. The word is an adaptation of the Dutch maalstok, i.e. the `painter`s stick`, from malen, `to paint`. In 16th- through 19th-century paintings of artists, including self-portraits, the maulstick is often depicted ...
stick used by painters to steady the hand
[n] - a long stick that a painter uses to support the hand holding the brush
mahlstick noun a long stick that a painter uses to support the hand holding the brush