1. scaffold - Noun
2. scaffold - Verb
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.
Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold.
An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuyeres in a blast furnace.
To furnish or uphold with a scaffold.
Source: Webster's dictionaryscaffold the building before painting it Source: Internet
As she was led to the scaffold, Madame Roland shouted "O liberty! Source: Internet
All those involved in both plots were arrested in July and tried in autumn 1603; Sir George Brooke was executed, but James, keen not to have too bloody a start to his reign, reprieved Cobham, Grey, and Markham while they were at the scaffold. Source: Internet
Her last words were "Pardon me, sir, I meant not to do it", to Henri Sanson the executioner, whose foot she had accidentally stepped on after climbing to the scaffold. Source: Internet
Digby, the first to mount the scaffold, asked the spectators for forgiveness, and refused the attentions of a Protestant clergyman. Source: Internet
A scaffold (Devlin v. Smith, supra) is not inherently a destructive instrument. Source: Internet