scaffold

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[edit]English

[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.

[edit]Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA: /ˈskæfəʊld/
  • (US) IPA: /ˈskæfəld/ or IPA: /ˈskæfl ̩d/

[edit]Noun

scaffold (plural scaffolds)
  1. A structure made of scaffolding, for workers to stand on while working on a building.
  2. 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)
  1. (transitive) To set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding.

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[show ▼]set up scaffolding

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