Definitions for scaffoldingˈskæf əl dɪŋ, -oʊl-

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

scaf•fold•ingˈskæf əl dɪŋ, -oʊl-(n.)

  1. a scaffold or system of scaffolds.

    Category: Building Trades

  2. materials for scaffolds.

    Category: Building Trades

Origin of scaffolding:

1300–50

Princeton's WordNet

  1. scaffolding, staging(noun)

    a system of scaffolds

Wiktionary

  1. scaffolding(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.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Scaffolding(noun)

    a scaffold; a supporting framework; as, the scaffolding of the body

  2. Scaffolding(noun)

    materials for building scaffolds


Translations for scaffolding

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

scaffolding(noun)

an erection of metal poles and wooden planks used by men at work on (the outside of) a building.

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