Scaffolding
['skæfəʊldɪŋ;-f(ə)ld-] or ['skæfəldɪŋ]
Definition
(n.) A scaffold; a supporting framework; as, the scaffolding of the body.
(n.) Materials for building scaffolds.
Edited by Annabel
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Scaffold.
Checked by Irving
Examples
- Let's get the scaffolding up, then, for a pair of whiskers. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- At his initiation he went beneath a scaffolding on which the bull was killed, and the blood ran down on him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Toni