Scaffold /(?)/

Scaf·fold

Scaffold

n.
  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. An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuyères in a blast furnace. (Metal.)

Scaffold

v. t.
  1. To furnish or uphold with a scaffold.