maquette /mæˈkɛt/noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •A preliminary model or sketch used in preparation for making a sculpture.His presence would be an affront to my body; so, for it, there would be the rare delight of extinguishing an imperfect and distressed version of itself, a prototype, a maquette. — 1993 verb1 •(rare) To prepare a maquette (of). formsmaquetted · maquetting · maquettes
