scaffold

 
Pronunciation: /ˈskafəʊld, -f(ə)ld/

noun

  • 1a raised wooden platform used formerly for the public execution of criminals.
  • 2a structure made using scaffolding: [as modifier]: scaffold boards

verb

[with object]
  • attach scaffolding to (a building): (as adjective scaffolded) the soot-black scaffolded structure

Derivatives

scaffolder

noun
they’re having some restoration done and the scaffolders were there from early morning

Origin:

Middle English (denoting a temporary platform from which to repair or erect a building): from Anglo-Norman French, from Old French (e)schaffaut, from the base of catafalque