scaf·fold·ing

(skăf′əl-dĭng, skăf′ōl′-)

1. A scaffold or system of scaffolds.

2. Materials used for constructing scaffolds.

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scaffolding

(ˈskæfəldɪŋ)

1. a scaffold or system of scaffolds

2. (Building) the building materials used to make scaffolds

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

scaf•fold•ing

(ˈskæf əl dɪŋ, -oʊl-)

n.

1. a scaffold or system of scaffolds.

2. materials for scaffolds.

[1300–50]

Scaffolding

a framework.

Example: scaffolding of words, 1718.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

scaffolding - a system of scaffolds

staging

scaffold - a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers

system - instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer"

scaffolding

noun

A temporary framework with a floor, used by workmen:

platform, scaffold, stage.

Translations

سِقالاتسِقالات خَشَبِيَّه

lešení

stillads

rakennustelineet

skele

vinnupallar

impalcatura intelaiatura ponteggio base

足場

비계

gradbeni oder

byggnadsställning

นั่งร้าน

iskeleyapı iskelesi

giàn giáo

脚手架

scaffolding

[ˈskæfəldɪŋ] N → andamio m, andamiaje m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

scaffolding

[ˈskæfəldɪŋ] n → échafaudage m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

scaffolding

n → Gerüst nt; to put up scaffolding → ein Gerüst aufbauen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

scaffolding

[ˈskæf/əldɪŋ] n → impalcatura

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

scaffold

(ˈskӕfəld) noun

a raised platform especially for use formerly when putting a criminal etc to death.

ˈscaffolding noun

an erection of metal poles and wooden planks used by men at work on (the outside of) a building.

scaffolding

→ سِقالات lešení stillads Baugerüst σκαλωσιά andamiaje rakennustelineet échafaudage skele impalcatura 足場 비계 steiger stillas rusztowanie andaime леса byggnadsställning นั่งร้าน iskele giàn giáo 脚手架

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In the excess of his zeal he had accompanied the cart containing the scaffolding as far as the king's window, and one of the crossbeams fell on his leg and broke it."

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Beside the finished building another had been begun, surrounded by scaffolding. Workmen in aprons, standing on scaffolds, were laying bricks, pouring mortar out of vats, and smoothing it with trowels.

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This is what he called "coming to a tragic end." This is what is to be read, on the subject of his dramatic triumphs, in 1483, in the accounts of the "Ordinary:" "To Jehan Marchand and Pierre Gringoire, carpenter and composer, who have made and composed the mystery made at the ChÃ£telet of Paris, at the entry of Monsieur the Legate, and have ordered the personages, clothed and dressed the same, as in the said mystery was required; and likewise, for having made the scaffoldings thereto necessary; and for this deed,--one hundred livres."

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A BUSY road was closed in both directions at the weekend after scaffolding collapsed onto the roof of a passing bus with passengers on board.

Lucky escape as scaffolding collapses

A BUSY road was closed in both directions after a bus was left with toppled scaffolding on its roof.

... and also onto a bus in the Rhondda

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