[skaf-uh
l-ding, -ohl-] 
| 1. | a scaffold or system of scaffolds. |
| 2. | materials for scaffolds. |
[skaf-uhld, -ohld] | 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. |
| scaf·fold (skāf'əld, -ōld') n.
[Middle English, from Medieval Latin scaffaldus, of Old French origin.] |
| scaf·fold·ing (skāf'əl-dĭng, skāf'ōl'-) n.
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