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scaffold
English
Etymology
From Middle English scaffold, scaffalde, from Anglo-Norman schaffaut, eschaffaut, eschafal, eschaiphal, escadafaut (“platform to see a tournament”) (Modern French échafaud), from Old French es- (“indicating movement away or separation”) (from Latin ex- (“out, away”)) + chafaud, chafaut, chafault, caafau, caafaus, cadefaut (“scaffold for executing a criminal”), from Vulgar Latin *catafalcum (“viewing stage”), possibly from Ancient Greek ????- (kata-, “back; against”) + Latin -falicum (from fala, phala (“wooden gallery or tower; siege tower”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?skæf?ld/, /?skæf??ld/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?skæf?ld/, /?skæfld/
- Hyphenation: scaf?fold
- Rhymes: -æf?ld
Noun
scaffold (plural scaffolds)
- A structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on while working on a building.
- An elevated platform on which a criminal is executed.
- An elevated platform on which dead bodies are ritually disposed of, as by some Native American tribes.
- (metalworking) An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf or dome-shaped obstruction above the tuyeres in a blast furnace.
- (sciences) A structure that provides support for some other material.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
scaffold (third-person singular simple present scaffolds, present participle scaffolding, simple past and past participle scaffolded)
- (transitive) To set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding.
- (transitive) To sustain; to provide support for.
- (transitive) To dispose of the bodies of the dead on a scaffold or raised platform, as by some Native American tribes.
Translations
Further reading
- scaffold in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- scaffold in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- scaffold at OneLook Dictionary Search
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gable
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??e?.b?l/
- Rhymes: -e?b?l
Etymology 1
The southern English term gable probably came from Old French gable (compare modern French gâble), from Old Norse gafl. The northern form gavel is perhaps also akin to Old Norse gafl, masculine, of the same meaning (confer Swedish gavel, Danish gavl). See gafl for more etymology information.
Noun
gable (plural gables)
- (architecture) The triangular area at the peak of an external wall adjacent to, and terminating, two sloped roof surfaces (pitches).
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- pediment
- peaked roof
- pitched roof
Etymology 2
Noun
gable (plural gables)
- A cable.
Anagrams
- Gebal, bagel, gabel, galbe, gleba
German
Verb
gable
- inflection of gabeln:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
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