Promised Pictures « Tales from the Reading Room Usually some part of college is swathed in scaffolding, or blocked off. Google Street - Doing wonders for Norwich's tourist trade Many nearby house fronts were submerged in scaffolding and could barely be seen. noun 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.įrom WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University.
noun A scaffold a supporting framework.įrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.See scaffold, 7.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English. noun In metallurgy, the formation of a scaffold an engorgement.noun Figuratively, any sustaining part a frame or framework, as the skeleton especially, in embryology, a temporary formation of hard parts to be replaced by or modified into a permanent structure: as, the scaffolding of an embryonic skull.The scaffolding is struck or removed as soon as it has answered its purpose. noun A frame or structure for temporary support in an elevated place in building, a temporary combination of timberwork consisting of upright poles and horizontal pieces, on which are laid boards for supporting the builders when carrying up the different stages or floors of a building, or plasterers when executing their work in the interior of houses.noun In tobacco-growing, the hanging of the freshly cut plant upon a structure of poles or rails variously supported to wilt before housing: much practised in the heavy export and white Burley districts.noun Materials used for constructing scaffolds.noun A scaffold or system of scaffolds.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.