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scaffold
scaffold.
1. Temporary platform or platforms supported on poles or trestles to support workers erecting, repairing, or painting a building. 2. Raised platform to enable orators to address a concourse of people. 3. Stage for a theatrical performance. 4. Elevated platform on which executions take place. 5. Raised platform on which the dead are placed. |
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "scaffold." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "scaffold." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-scaffold.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "scaffold." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-scaffold.html |
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scaffold
scaf·fold / ˈskafəld; -ˌfōld/ • n. 1. a raised wooden platform used formerly for the public execution of criminals. 2. a structure made using scaffolding. • v. [tr.] attach scaffolding to (a building). DERIVATIVES: scaf·fold·er n. |
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"scaffold." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "scaffold." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-scaffold.html "scaffold." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-scaffold.html |
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scaffold
scaffold raised platform or stage XIV; (for the execution of criminals) XVI. ME. scaffot, scaffald — AN. *scaffaut, OF. (e)schaffaut, mod. échafaud, earlier escadafaut :- Rom. *excatafalcum, f. EX1 + *catafalcum; see CATAFALQUE.
Hence scaffolding XIV. |
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T. F. HOAD. "scaffold." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "scaffold." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-scaffold.html T. F. HOAD. "scaffold." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-scaffold.html |
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scaffold
scaffold
•behold, bold, cold, enfold, fold, foretold, gold, hold, mould (US mold), old, outsold, scold, self-controlled, sold, told, uncontrolled, undersold, unpolled, uphold, withhold, wold
•scaffold • tenfold
•elevenfold, sevenfold
•twelvefold
•eightfold, gatefold
•threefold • sheepfold • billfold
•pinfold • sixfold • manifold
•manyfold • twentyfold
•blindfold, ninefold
•fivefold • fourfold • thousandfold
•twofold • hundredfold
•centrefold (US centerfold)
•millionfold • mangold • marigold
•handhold • stranglehold • threshold
•freehold • leasehold • copyhold
•stronghold • shorthold • household
•toehold • foothold • commonhold
•cuckold • Leopold • Courtauld
•Cotswold
•unoiled, unsoiled, unspoiled
•shopsoiled
•Gould, unschooled
•unscheduled • thick-skulled
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"scaffold." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "scaffold." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-scaffold.html "scaffold." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-scaffold.html |
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