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Definition of scaffold:

  • (noun) a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded)
  • (noun) a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers
  • (verb) provide with a scaffold for support; "scaffold the building before painting it"

Sentence Examples:

A light scaffolding had been placed in the chapel.

In fact the people now rushed to the scaffold.

Yes, to die upon the scaffold is happiness in comparison.

The scaffolding reached higher and higher every day.

Some were working on scaffolding, others were many feet below.

On the scaffold no bridegroom could have been more cheerful.

"They meant to pursue me to the scaffold," he returned.

I shall endeavor to imitate their firmness on the scaffold.

Scaffolds for the dead, and poles with offerings.

The scaffold has but few terrors for me.

It was midday before the cart reached the scaffold.

One day man, tackle, ladder and scaffolding have disappeared.

James Renwick went to the scaffold in triumphant joy.

They crowded up close about the scaffold and listened.

We stood outside, waiting among the scaffolding and benches.

Share and share alike ... if not, the scaffold!

Those on the lower steps of the scaffolding jumped.

Then she arose and walked back to the scaffold.

And then the fun there is on the scaffold!

The shadow of the scaffold is behind him also.

Then with a firm step he mounted the scaffold.

Is the culprit enriched by pardon on the scaffold?

You will find the scaffolding all ready for you.

The weather was fine for scaffold building, it observed.

The body remained on the scaffold till after noon.

Not a few quitted it only for the scaffold.

My body was but a naked scaffolding, a ruin.

At the foot of the scaffold a woman, probably Mme.

"Nay, you have your chance between obedience and the scaffold!"

The three are now at the foot of the scaffold.

We hear "the ring of the hammer on the scaffold."

We raise an imaginary scaffold, and then build upon it.

He has made something there which looks like a scaffold.

Ye women in ye scaffolds became much distressed for him.

A man building a beautiful tower must erect a scaffold.

You can only hazard your lives, die on the scaffold.

The times did not call him to the scaffold.

At the foot of the scaffold he betrayed a momentary emotion.

Pythias was brought forward and led upon the scaffold.

"Let the scaffold now be cleared for the men."

This seems confirmed by his conduct on the scaffold.

They pull down the scaffolding from the half-finished edifice.

It was enough that one Graham should die upon a scaffold.

We rode as it were under the shadow of the scaffold.

I have no wish that he should die upon the scaffold.

I hope he will act like a man on the scaffold.

He sat within the rails which surrounded the scaffold.

From that day he was marked for the scaffold.

On the appointed day this man ascended the scaffold.

A dynasty hides the scaffolding and covers the hospital.

Within the Cathedral two large scaffolds had been erected.

The graft in this case is only used as a scaffolding.

He should be taken, and have to die on the scaffold!

Two words will destroy all that scaffolding of madness.

The dungeon and scaffold are every-day matters with him.

The dark shadow of the scaffold rose before Dolores' eyes.

Probably they had some kind of scaffold to stand on.

The picture is exhibited on a scaffolding behind it. b.

All these would then be gracefully arranged on a scaffold.

Your promise was to save my father from the scaffold.

The sticks of tobacco were then placed on the scaffold.

Without the tremor of a nerve, he mounted the scaffold.

It is the scaffold that they are building there below.

He who deserves it most shall get to the scaffold.

He had fallen from a high scaffolding to the pavement.

That face wore an expression recalling vengeance and the scaffold.

This is supported underneath by a light scaffolding of bamboo.

The scaffolding upon which it was constructed is very clear.

He walked to the scaffold with a free, firm stride.

Here, too, scaffolding is up, and restoration in full progress.

The victims were cheered on their way to the scaffold.

At eleven o'clock the same morning she ascended the scaffold.

The fall of the scaffold again returned to his mind.

And then she was taken to a scaffold or platform.

Behind the dancers are the bananas suspended on a scaffold.

Reaching the scaffold he reined in his horse and waited.

The name of an unknown contractor hung from the scaffolding.

Let them come here, and drag me to the scaffold!

Penal servitude would have suited your book; but the scaffold!...

He was wrapped in scarlet cloth, and laid upon a scaffold.

When he mounted the scaffold, he asked to see the axe.

I shall try to display the same courage on the scaffold.

Twenty-five thousand men, infantry and cavalry, surrounded the scaffold.

You wanted to make me send my husband to the scaffold!

At last the carriage stopped at the foot of the scaffold.

In the center rose up a lofty scaffolding of massive beams.

Another has been provided to take your place at the scaffold.

This ideological scaffolding is unmistakable in every one of Rolland's dramas.

Will you ever allow them to be dragged to the scaffold?

The scaffolding rose above the new pile like a mighty web.

The knight was now led down from the scaffold.

He died on the scaffold in 1795, executed for high treason.

A regular scaffolding is erected upon which a platform is built.

"Certainly, I do; I expose myself to death on the scaffold."

The body of Eagle Eye was deposited upon a high scaffolding.

I will not be sent to the scaffold, to your shame.

He built a big scaffold, which rose high in the air.

A mass of scaffolding was a requisite in building the Carillon.

You are so noble and so young to mount the scaffold.

A prisoner is being driven to the scaffold in a cart.