stencil (stencils plural & 3rd person present) (stencilling present participle) (stencilled past tense & past participle )
in AM, use stenciling, stenciled
1 n-count A stencil is a piece of paper, plastic, or metal which has a design cut out of it. You place the stencil on a surface and paint it so that paint goes through the holes and leaves a design on the surface.
2 verb If you stencil a design or if you stencil a surface with a design, you put a design on a surface using a stencil.
He then stencilled the ceiling with a moon and stars motif. V n with n