scaffold
noun /ˈskæfəʊld/
/ˈskæfəʊld/
- a platform used when executing criminals by cutting off their heads or hanging them from a rope
- to be sent to the scaffold
- on the scaffold to die on the scaffold
- She was led to the scaffold in front of a crowd of several hundred
- a structure made of scaffolding, for workers to stand on when they are working on a building
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a temporary platform from which to repair or erect a building): from Anglo-Norman French, from Old French (e)schaffaut, from the base of catafalque.