3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scaffold  \Scaf"fold\,  v.  t. 
  To  furnish  or  uphold  with  a  scaffold. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scaffold  \Scaf"fold\,  n.  [OF.  eschafault  eschafaut  escafaut 
  escadafaut  F.  ['e]chafaud;  probably  originally  the  same  word 
  as  E.  &  F.  catafalque,  It  catafalco.  See  {Catafalque}.] 
  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.  --Shak. 
 
  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.  --Sir  P. 
  Sidney. 
 
  3.  (Metal.)  An  accumulation  of  adherent,  partly  fused 
  material  forming  a  shelf,  or  dome-shaped  obstruction, 
  above  the  tuy[`e]res  in  a  blast  furnace. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scaffold 
  n  1:  a  platform  from  which  criminals  are  executed  (hanged  or 
  beheaded) 
  2:  a  temporary  arrangement  erected  around  a  building  for 
  convenience  of  workers 

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