stencil
noun /ˈstensl/
/ˈstensl/
- a thin piece of metal, plastic or card with a design cut out of it, that you put onto a surface and paint over so that the design is left on the surface; the pattern or design that is produced in this way
Topics Artc2(印文字或图案用的)模板;(用模板印的)文字,图案 词源early 18th cent.: from earlier stansel ‘ornament with various colours’ (based on Latin scintilla ‘spark’).