Category:Scaffold

Scaf"fold, n. Etym: [of. eschafault, eschafaut, escafaut, escadafaut, F. échafaud; probably oiginally the same word as e. & f. catafalque, It. catafafalco. See catafalque.]

1. 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. Pardon, gentles all, the flat, unraised spirits that have dared on This unworthy scaffold to bring forth so great an object. Shak.

2. Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the execution of a Criminal; as, to die on the scaffold. That a scaffold of execution should grow a scaffold of coronation. Sir p. Sidney.

3. (metal.)

Defn: an accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a Shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuyères in a blast Furnace.

Scaffold Scaf"fold, v. t.

Defn: to furnish or uphold with a scaffold.