LAY FIGURE


Meaning of LAY FIGURE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ 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's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.