scaffold
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Etymology [edit]
Middle English scaffold, scaffalde, from Medieval Latin scaffaldus, from Old French eschaffaut, escadafaut (“platform to see a tournament”), from Late Latin scadafaltum, from ex- + *cadafaltum, catafalcum (“view-stage”), from Old Italian *catare (“to view, see”) + falco (“a stage”), a variant of balco (“stage, beam, balk”), from Lombardic palko, palcho (“scaffold, balk, beam”), from Proto-Germanic *balkô (“beam, rafter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhelg- (“beam, plank”). Akin to Old High German balco, balcho (“scaffold, balk, beam”). More at catafalque, balcony, balk.
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Noun [edit]
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.
- (metalworking) An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf or dome-shaped obstruction above the tuyeres in a blast furnace.
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Translations [edit]
structure made of scaffolding, for workers to stand on while working on a building
platform for executions
Verb [edit]
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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External links [edit]
- 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
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