Scaffold
Scaffold , noun
[Old French eschafault, eschafaut, escafaut, escadafaut, French échafaud; probably originally the same word as English & French catafalque, Italian catafalco. 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.
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.
3.
(Metallurgy) An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuyères in a blast furnace.
Scaffold , transitive verb
To furnish or uphold with a scaffold.