scaffold
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əld, -oʊld noun
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.
verb (used with object)
8.
to furnish with a scaffold or scaffolding.
9.
to support by or place on a scaffold.
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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English scaffot, skaffaut, scaffalde < Old French escadafaut; akin to catafalque
1300–50; Middle English scaffot, skaffaut, scaffalde < Old French escadafaut; akin to catafalque
Related forms
un·scaf·fold·ed, adjective
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scaffold (ˈskæfəld, -fəʊld) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a temporary metal or wooden framework that is used to support workmen and materials during the erection, repair, etc, of a building or other construction |
| 2. | a raised wooden platform on which plays are performed, tobacco, etc, is dried, or (esp formerly) criminals are executed |
| —vb | |
| 3. | to provide with a scaffold |
| 4. | to support by means of a scaffold |
| [C14: from Old French eschaffaut, from Vulgar Latin catafalicum (unattested); see | |
| 'scaffolder | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
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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Example sentences
He was drawn to the entanglements of the text and its rational mysteries rather than some scaffold of theory.
In laboratory tests, the fabric scaffold that the researchers have created had the same mechanical properties as native cartilage.
Yet the scaffold nearly was banished because it was considered too repugnant for a gallery showing.
These short amino acids are capable of creating a molecular scaffold that can bridge such gaps.
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