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Scaffolding
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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
scaf·fold·ing       [skaf-uhl-ding, -ohl-] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a scaffold or system of scaffolds.
2.materials for scaffolds.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME skaf(f)aldyng; see scaffold, -ing1]
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scaf·fold       (skāf'əld, -ōld')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A temporary platform, either supported from below or suspended from above, on which workers sit or stand when performing tasks at heights above the ground.
  2. A raised wooden framework or platform.
  3. A platform used in the execution of condemned prisoners, as by hanging or beheading.

tr.v.   scaf·fold·ed, scaf·fold·ing, scaf·folds
  1. To provide or support with a raised framework or platform.
  2. To place on a raised framework or platform.


[Middle English, from Medieval Latin scaffaldus, of Old French origin.]

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scaf·fold·ing       (skāf'əl-dĭng, skāf'ōl'-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A scaffold or system of scaffolds.
  2. Materials used for constructing scaffolds.

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scaffolding

noun
a system of scaffolds 

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Scaffolding

Scaf"fold*ing\, n. 1. A scaffold; a supporting framework; as, the scaffolding of the body. --Pope.

2. Materials for building scaffolds.

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