scaffold
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From Old French eschaffaut.
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scaffold (plural scaffolds)
- A structure made of scaffolding, for workers to stand on while working on a building.
- An elevated platform on which a criminal is executed.
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structure made of scaffolding, for workers to stand on while working on a building
elevated platform on which a criminal is executed
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to scaffold (third-person singular simple present scaffolds, present participle scaffolding, simple past and past participle scaffolded)
- (transitive) To set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding.
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[edit] External links
- scaffold in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- scaffold in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- scaffold at OneLook® Dictionary Search
