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scaffold
scaffold definition
scaf·fold (skaf′əld, -ōld′)
noun
- a temporary wooden or metal framework for supporting workmen and materials during the erecting, repairing, or painting of a building, etc.
- a raised platform on which criminals are executed, as by hanging
- a temporary wooden stage or platform, as that on which medieval plays were presented
- any raised framework
Etymology: ME scafald < OFr escafalt < es- (L ex-, out) + VL *catafalicum: see catafalque
transitive verb
to furnish or support with, or put on, a scaffold
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