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Definition of Scaffolds

1. scaffold [v] - See also: scaffold

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scaffolds

Literary usage of Scaffolds

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Special Bulletin by New York (State). Dept. of Labor (1918)
"Pole scaffolds should be braced not only to insure stiffness to the scaffold ... A guard-rail should be constructed for pole scaffolds, so placed that the ..."

2. An English Miscellany: Presented to Dr. Furnivall in Honour of His Seventy by William Paton Ker, Frederick James Furnivall, Arthur Sampson Napier, Walter William Skeat (1901)
"A NOTE ON PAGEANTS AND 'scaffolds HYE.' MIRACLE plays, so popular in England ... Those scaffolds were usually called pageants; a loose term, applied also to ..."

3. Safety in Building Construction by Travelers Insurance Companies (1921)
"scaffolds. 39. Introductory. Only a few general suggestions with regard to scaffolds can be given in this place, because many different types are used, ..."

4. Topographic, Trigonometric and Geodetic Surveying: Including Geographic by Herbert Michael Wilson (1912)
"Observing scaffolds.—Where it becomes necessary to elevate the instrument, ... Such scaffolds may be constructed of the crudest material at hand, ..."

5. Topographic, Trigonometric and Geodetic Surveying: Including Geographic by Herbert Michael Wilson (1912)
"Observing scaffolds.—Where it becomes necessary to elevate the instrument, ... Such scaffolds may be constructed of the crudest material at hand, ..."

6. Safety in Building Constructionby Travelers Insurance Companies by Travelers Insurance Companies (1921)
"Riveters' scaffolds. The scaffolds used by riveters are moved about so frequently that it is hardly feasible to safeguard them as completely as other types. ..."

7. Topographical Surveying: Including Geographic, Exploratory, and Military by Herbert Michael Wilson (1900)
"Observing scaffolds.—Where it becomes necessary to elevate the instrument, ... Such scaffolds may be constructed of the crudest material at hand, ..."

8. Mentor Texts: Teaching Writing Through Children's Literature, K-6by Lynne R. Dorfman, Rose Cappelli by Lynne R. Dorfman, Rose Cappelli (2007)
"As with buildings, sometimes the scaffolds are temporary, providing the words ... Organizational scaffolds in Children's Literature Children's literature ..."

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