pochoir

noun

po·​choir

(ˈ)pōsh¦wär

plural -s

: a stencil process for making colored prints or adding color to a printed key illustration

Word History

Etymology

French, stencil, stencil plate, from pocher to poach (an egg), sketch roughly, stencil

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