Lay figure
noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A jointed model of the human body used by artists, or to display clothes.
"‘I have a great mind to break all your gashly images about the head of your fine Miss, in her silks and satins;’—mistaking his lay-figure for a living model of the highest sort."
- 2 dummy in the form of an artist's jointed model of the human body wordnet
- 3 An unimportant person; a character (especially in fiction) lacking individuality.
Example
More examples"‘I have a great mind to break all your gashly images about the head of your fine Miss, in her silks and satins;’—mistaking his lay-figure for a living model of the highest sort."