Definition of scaffold
- n. - 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.
- n. - Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the
execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold.
- n. - An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material
forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuyeres in a
blast furnace.
- v. t. - To furnish or uphold with a scaffold.