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.
A raised wooden framework or platform.
A platform used in the execution of condemned prisoners, as by hanging or beheading.
tr.v.
scaf·fold·ed, scaf·fold·ing, scaf·folds
To provide or support with a raised framework or platform.
To place on a raised framework or platform.
[Middle English, from Medieval Latin scaffaldus, of Old French origin.]
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