templet

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun In ship-building, a skeleton framework made of thin strips of wood (or occasionally of thin sheet-metal) used to form the outline of any part, as of a plate or bar which is to be fitted to a particular place in the structure. The templet is formed and marked from the parts already erected in place; it is then taken and laid flat on the plate or bar to be used, and the outlines and rivet-holes are transferred to the plate or bar, which can then be sheared, punched, and curved so as to fit the place into which it is to go.
• To make or fit by a templet. Also template.
• noun A pattern, guide, or model used to indicate the shape any piece of work is to assume when finished.
• noun A strip of metal used in boiler-making, pierced with a series of holes, and serving as a guide in marking out a line of rivet-holes.
• noun In building: A short piece of timber or a large stone placed in a wall to receive the impost of a girder, beam, etc., and distribute its weight.
• noun A beam or plate spanning a door-or window-space to sustain joists and throw their weight on the piers.
• noun One of the wedges in a building-block.
• noun Same as temple.
• noun In a brilliant, same as bezel, 2. See cut under brilliant.
• noun Also template.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun A gauge, pattern, or mold, commonly a thin plate or board, used as a guide to the form of the work to be executed.
• noun (Arch.) A short piece of timber, iron, or stone, placed in a wall under a girder or other beam, to distribute the weight or pressure.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun A pattern, guide, or model used to indicate the shape any piece of work is to assume when finished.
• noun A strip of metal used in boiler-making, pierced with a series of holes, and serving as a guide in marking out a line of rivet-holes.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun a model or standard for making comparisons