scaffolding Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a system of scaffolds
    staging.
  2. verb provide with a scaffold for support
    scaffold.
    • scaffold the building before painting it

WordNet

Scaf"fold*ing noun
Definitions
  1. A scaffold; a supporting framework; as, the scaffolding of the body. Pope.
  2. Materials for building scaffolds.

Webster 1913