■ noun a thin sheet of card, plastic, or metal with a pattern or letters cut out of it, used to produce the cut design on the surface below by the application of ink or paint through the holes.
■ verb ( ~s , ~ling , ~led ; US ~s , ~ing , ~ed ) decorate using a ~.
↘produce (a design) with a ~.
Derivatives
~led adjective
~ling noun
Origin
C18: from earlier stansel 'ornament with various colours' (based on L. scintilla 'spark').