SCAFFOLD


Meaning of SCAFFOLD in English

/skaf"euhld, -ohld/ , n.

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. Metall. 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.

v.t.

8. to furnish with a scaffold or scaffolding.

9. to support by or place on a scaffold.

[ 1300-50; ME scaffot, skaffaut, scaffalde escadafaut; akin to CATAFALQUE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .