SCAFFOLDING

scaffolding, staging

(noun) a system of scaffolds

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

scaffolding (usually uncountable, plural scaffoldings)

A temporary modular system of tubes (or formerly wood) forming a framework used to support people and material in the construction or repair of buildings and other large structures.

(programming) Source code etc. that is incomplete and serves as a basis for further development.

(figurative) Any framework or support.

Verb

scaffolding

present participle of scaffold

Source: Wiktionary

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Scaf"fold*ing, n.

1. A scaffold; a supporting framework; as, the scaffolding of the body. Pope.

2. Materials for building scaffolds.

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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