vt to furnish or uphold with a scaffold.
2. scaffold ·noun specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold.
3. scaffold ·noun an accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuyeres in a blast furnace.
4. scaffold ·noun a temporary structure of timber, boards, ·etc., for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and materials in building, for exhibiting a spectacle upon, for holding the spectators at a show, ·etc.