scaffold

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scaffold /ˈskafəʊld, -f(ə)ld/

▶noun

• 1 a raised wooden platform used formerly for public executions.

• 2 a structure made using scaffolding.

▶verb attach scaffolding to.

– derivatives
scaffolder noun.

– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr., from OFr. (e)schaffaut, from the base of catafalque.