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Webster 1913 Edition

Scaffolding

Scaf′fold-ing

,
Noun.
1.
A scaffold; a supporting framework;
as, the
scaffolding
of the body
.
Pope.
2.
Materials for building scaffolds.

Webster 1828 Edition

Scaffolding

SCAF'FOLDING

, n.
1.
A frame or structure for support in an elevated place.
2.
That which sustains; a frame; as the scaffolding of the body.
3.
Temporary structure for support.
4.
Materials for scaffolds.

Definition 2024

scaffolding

scaffolding

English

Scaffolding

Noun

scaffolding ‎(usually uncountable, plural scaffoldings)

  1. A temporary modular system of tubes forming a framework used to support people and material in the construction or repair of buildings and other large structures.
    • 2007 December 21, The New York Times, “Museum and Gallery Listings”, in New York Times:
      […] transparent scaffoldings partially draped with often hallucinatory nets of lines, gouges, hatching and cross-hatching that somehow also depict varying degrees of flesh, features and expression.

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Verb

scaffolding

  1. present participle of scaffold

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