scaffold

CEFRC2

/ˈskæf.əld/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A temporary structure used by workers when building or repairing a building.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An elevated platform on which a criminal is executed.

Examples

  • Tom got down from the scaffold.

  • 1. A scaffold must be able to hold four times the load it is expected to carry. / 2. The footing for a scaffold must be level and solid and must not have motion when weight is applied. The scaffold must be level and plumb.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on while working on a building.

  2. An elevated platform on which dead bodies are ritually disposed of, as by some Native American tribes.

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

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Origin

noun

From Middle English scaffold, scaffalde, from Anglo-Norman schaffaut, eschaffaut, eschafal, eschaiphal, escadafaut (“platform to see a tournament”) (Modern French échafaud), from Old French es- (indicating movement away or separation) (from Latin ex- (“out, away”)) + chafaud, chafaut, chafault, caafau, caafaus, cadefaut (“scaffold for executing a criminal”), from Vulgar Latin *catafalcum (“viewing stage”), possibly from Ancient Greek κατα- (kata-, “back; against”) + Latin -falicum (from fala, phala (“wooden gallery or tower; siege tower”)).