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[skaf-uh
ld, -ohld] 
scaf⋅fold
[skaf-uhld, -ohld] –noun
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building. |
| 2. | an elevated platform on which a criminal is executed, usually by hanging. |
| 3. | a raised platform or stage for exhibiting spectacles, seating spectators, etc. |
| 4. | any raised framework. |
| 5. | a suspended platform that is used by painters, window washers, and others for working on a tall structure, as a skyscraper. |
| 6. | Metallurgy. any piling or fusion of materials in a blast furnace, obstructing the flow of gases and preventing the uniform descent of the charge. |
| 7. | a system of raised frameworks; scaffolding. |
| 8. | to furnish with a scaffold or scaffolding. |
| 9. | to support by or place on a scaffold. |
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| scaf·fold
(skāf'əld, -ōld') Pronunciation Key
n.
[Middle English, from Medieval Latin scaffaldus, of Old French origin.] |
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scaffold
scaffold
c.1347 (implied in scaffolding), aphetic of an O.N.Fr. variant of O.Fr. eschafaut "scaffold," probably altered (by influence of eschace "a prop, support") from chaffaut, from V.L. *catafalicum (see catafalque).
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| scaffold | |
noun | |
| 1. | a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded) |
| 2. | a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers |
verb | |
| 1. | provide with a scaffold for support; "scaffold the building before painting it" |
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Scaffold
Scaf"fold\, n. [OF. eschafault, eschafaut, escafaut, escadafaut, F. ['e]chafaud; probably originally the same word as E. & F. catafalque, It. catafalco. See Catafalque.]1. A temporary structure of timber, boards, etc., for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and materials in building, for exhibiting a spectacle upon, for holding the spectators at a show, etc. Pardon, gentles all, The flat, unraised spirits that have dared On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object. --Shak. 2. Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold. That a scaffold of execution should grow a scaffold of coronation. --Sir P. Sidney. 3. (Metal.) An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuy[`e]res in a blast furnace.
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Scaffold
Scaf"fold\, v. t. To furnish or uphold with a scaffold.
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