1. scaffolding - Noun
2. scaffolding - Verb
A scaffold; a supporting framework; as, the scaffolding of the body.
Materials for building scaffolds.
Source: Webster's dictionaryHypotheses are the scaffolds which are erected in front of a building and removedd when the building is completed. They are indispensable to the worker; but the worker must not mistake the scaffolding for the building. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time. Annie Dillard
I assemble my ideas in pieces on a computer file, then gradually find a place for them on a piece of scaffolding I erect. Alain de Botton
The Liberal State is a mask behind which there is no face; it is a scaffolding behind which there is no building. Benito Mussolini
Old houses were scaffolding once and workmen whistling. T. E. Hulme
Under the Dred Scott decision, "squatter sovereignty" squatted out of existence, tumbled down like temporary scaffolding - like the mould at the foundry served through one blast and fell back into loose sand - helped to carry an election, and then was kicked to the winds. Abraham Lincoln