scaffold (redirected from scaffolders)

scaf·fold  (skfld, -ld)

n.

1. A temporary platform, either supported from below or suspended from above, on which workers sit or stand when performing tasks at heights above the ground.

2. A raised wooden framework or platform.

3. A platform used in the execution of condemned prisoners, as by hanging or beheading.

tr.v. scaf·fold·ed, scaf·fold·ing, scaf·folds

1. To provide or support with a raised framework or platform.

2. To place on a raised framework or platform.

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[Middle English, from Medieval Latin scaffaldus, of Old French origin.]

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scaffold [ˈskæfəld -fəʊld]

n

1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a temporary metal or wooden framework that is used to support workmen and materials during the erection, repair, etc., of a building or other construction

2. a raised wooden platform on which plays are performed, tobacco, etc., is dried, or (esp formerly) criminals are executed

vb (tr)

1. to provide with a scaffold

2. to support by means of a scaffold

[from Old French eschaffaut, from Vulgar Latin catafalicum (unattested); see catafalque]

scaffolder  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	scaffold - a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded) instrument of execution - an instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person platform - a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform"
	2.	scaffold - a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers scaffolding, staging - a system of scaffolds arrangement - an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging; "a flower arrangement"
Verb	1.	scaffold - provide with a scaffold for support; "scaffold the building before painting it" hold up, support, sustain, hold - be the physical support of; carry the weight of; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?"

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scaffold

noun gallows, block, gibbet He ascended the shaky ladder to the scaffold.

Translations

scaffold [ˈskæfəld] N

1. (Constr) (also scaffolding) → andamio m, andamiaje m

2. (for execution) → patíbulo m, cadalso m

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scaffold [ˈskæfəld] n → échafaud m

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scaffold

n (on building) → Gerüst nt; (for execution) → Schafott nt

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scaffold [ˈskæf/əld] n (Constr) → impalcatura, ponteggio; (for execution) → patibolo

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scaffold [ˈskæf/əld] n (Constr) → impalcatura, ponteggio; (for execution) → patibolo

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scaffold

n scaffold [ˈskӕfəld]

a raised platform especially for use formerly when putting a criminal etc to death. galg مِنَصَّة الإعْدام ешафод popravní lešení skafot das Schafott ικρίωμα (για μελλοθάνατους) cadalso, patíbulo tapalava سكوي اعدام mestauslava échafaud גָרדוֹם फांसी का तख्ता stratište, podij vesztőhely tempat penggantungan vinnu-/aftökupallur patibolo 死刑台 처형대 ešafotas sastatnes; ešafots pentas hukuman bunuh schavot skafott szafot cadafalso eşafod плаха, эшафот lešenie, popravisko oder, morišče gubilište schavott ตะแลงแกง darağacı 斷頭臺，絞刑台 шибениця; ешафот, плаха مجرم کو پھانسی دینے والا کٹ گھر đoạn đầu đài 断头台，绞刑台

n scaffolding

an erection of metal poles and wooden planks used by men at work on (the outside of) a building. stellasie سِقالات خَشَبِيَّه скеле lešení stillads das Gerüst σκαλωσιά andamio tellingud داربست rakennustelineet échafaudage פִּיגוּם पाड़ skele állványzat kuda-kuda vinnupallar impalcatura, ponteggio 足場 비계 pastoliai sastatnes perancah steiger stillas rusztowanie andaime eşafodaj леса lešenie gradbeni oder skela byggnadsställning นั่งร้าน yapı iskelesi 鷹架 риштування پاڑ، ڈھانچا giàn giáo 脚手架