SCAFFOLDED

Verb

scaffolded

simple past tense and past participle of scaffold

Adjective

scaffolded (comparative more scaffolded, superlative most scaffolded)

(of a building or similar structure) supplied with erected scaffolding

Source: Wiktionary


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.)

Definition: An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuyères in a blast furnace.

Scaf"fold, v. t.

Definition: To furnish or uphold with a scaffold.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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