LAY FIGURE


Meaning of LAY FIGURE in English

Function: noun

Etymology: obsolete English layman lay figure, from Dutch leeman

Date: 1795

1 : a jointed model of the human body used by artists to show the disposition of drapery

2 : a person so compliant as to be likened to a puppet

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.