scaffold
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[edit]Etymology
Middle English scaffold, scaffalde, from Medieval Latin scaffaldus, from Old French eschaffaut, escadafaut (“platform to see a tournament”), from Late Latin scadafaltum, from ex- + *cadafaltum, catafalcum (“view-stage”), from Old Italian *catare (“to view, see”) + falco (“a stage”), a variant ofbalco (“stage, beam, balk”), from Lombardic palko, palcho (“scaffold, balk, beam”), from Proto-Germanic *balkô (“beam, rafter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhelg- (“beam, plank”). Akin to Old High German balco, balcho (“scaffold, balk, beam”). More at catafalque, balcony, balk.
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[edit]Noun
scaffold (plural scaffolds)
- A structure made of scaffolding, for workers to stand on while working on a building.
- An elevated platform on which a criminal is executed.
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[show ▼]structure made of scaffolding, for workers to stand on while working on a building
[show ▼]platform for executions
[edit]Verb
scaffold (third-person singular simple present scaffolds, present participle scaffolding, simple past and past participle scaffolded)
- (transitive) To set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding.
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[show ▼]set up scaffolding
[edit]External links
- scaffold in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- scaffold in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- scaffold at OneLook Dictionary Search
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- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Medieval Latin
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Late Latin
- English terms derived from Old Italian
- English terms derived from Lombardic
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English nouns
- English verbs
