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stencil
(sten′səl)
transitive verb stenciled or stencilled, stenciling or stencilling
to make, mark, or paint with a stencil
Origin: < ME stansilen, to ornament with spangles < OFr estenceler < estencele, spangle, spark < VL *stincilla, for L scintilla, spark: see scintillate
noun
- a thin sheet, as of paper, metal, or impermeable film, with holes cut through in the shape of letters or designs: when ink, paint, etc. is spread over the stencil, the letters or designs are marked on the surface beneath
- a pattern, design, letter, etc. made by stenciling
Related Forms:
- stenciler noun or stenciller
See stencil in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A sheet, as of plastic or cardboard, in which a desired lettering or design has been cut so that ink or paint applied to the sheet will reproduce the pattern on the surface beneath.
- The lettering or design produced with such a sheet.
- The process of printing with such a sheet.
- To mark with a stencil.
- To produce by stencil.
Origin:
Origin: From Middle English stencelled, adorned brightly
Origin: , from Old French estenceler, to adorn brightly
Origin: , from estencele, spark
Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *stincilla
Origin: , alteration of Latin scintilla, spark
.Related Forms:
- stenˈcil·er noun
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stencil
stencil (left) and painted motif
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