
( transitive ) To sustain to provide support for.( transitive ) To set up a scaffolding to surround a building with scaffolding.Scaffold ( third-person singular simple present scaffolds, present participle scaffolding, simple past and past participle scaffolded)
Spanish: horca (es), patíbulo (es), cadalso (es).
Galician: rollo m, cadafalso m, patíbulo m. Italian: impalcatura (it) m, ponteggio (it) m. Icelandic: vinnupallur m, stillans m, reisipallur m scaffold (third-person singular simple present scaffolds, present participle scaffolding, simple past and past participle scaffolded) To set up a scaffolding to surround a building with scaffolding. German: Gerüst (de) n, Baugerüst (de) n. Galician: estada (gl) f, andavía f, andamio (gl) m, bailéo m, taboado m. French: échafaudage (fr) m, échafaud (fr) m. A structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on while working on a building. ( General American ) IPA ( key): /ˈskæfəld/, /ˈskæfld/. ( Received Pronunciation ) IPA ( key): /ˈskæfəld/, /ˈskæfəʊld/. Etymology įrom 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 ” )). Lacroix (wearing a hood), a priest, and the officials carrying out the execution are standing on a scaffold (sense 2). The execution of Stanislaus Lacroix by hanging in Hull, Quebec, Canada, on 21 March 1902.