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plural stencils
A thin sheet, either perforated or using some other technique, with which a pattern may be produced upon a surface; a utensil that contains a perforated sheet. quotations examples
You do not necessarily need to have a stencil brush to paint over a stencil.
2015, Margaret Peot, Stencil Craft: Techniques for Fashion, Art and Home, Penguin
A pattern produced using such a utensil. quotations examples
In 2013 a damaged stencil of a rat and an image of a girl hugging a bomb were painted over on the walls of a Fitzroy church by the building owner’s father-in-law, who tried to help out by painting the building while house sitting. He did not know the significance of the stencils.
2016 July 11, Calla Wahlquist, “Banksy stencils destroyed by construction workers in Melbourne”, in The Guardian
A two-ply master sheet for use with a mimeograph. examples
third-person singular simple present stencils, present participle (UK) stencilling or (US) stenciling, simple past and past participle (UK) stencilled or (US) stenciled
(transitive, intransitive) To print with a stencil. quotations examples
Stencilled letters were used for words and phrases, as well as for captions for some of his stencil “prints,” print being used in the sense of a multicolor woodcut.
2015, William Addison Dwiggins, edited by Dorothy Abbe, Stencilled Ornament and Illustration, Chronicle Books, page 53