maquette

[ ma-ket, muh- ]

noun
  1. a small model or study in three dimensions for either a sculptural or an architectural project.

Origin of maquette

1
1900–05; <French <Italian macchietta, diminutive of macchia a sketch, complex of lines <Latin macula mesh, spot

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British Dictionary definitions for maquette

maquette

/ (mæˈkɛt) /


noun
  1. a sculptor's small preliminary model or sketch

Origin of maquette

1
C20: from French, from Italian macchietta a little sketch, from macchia, from macchiare, from Latin maculāre to stain, from macula spot, blemish

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