/man"i kin/ , n.
1. a styled and three-dimensional representation of the human form used in window displays, as of clothing; dummy.
2. a wooden figure or model of the human figure used by tailors, dress designers, etc., for fitting or making clothes.
3. a person employed to wear clothing to be photographed or to be displayed before customers, buyers, etc.; a clothes model.
4. See lay figure (def. 1).
Also, manikin .
[ 1560-70; ]