noun A structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on while working on a building.
noun An elevated platform on which a criminal is executed.
noun An elevated platform on which dead bodies are ritually disposed of, as by some Native American tribes.
noun An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf or dome-shaped obstruction above the tuyeres in a blast furnace.
noun A structure that provides support for some other material.
noun A device in scaffolding, i.e. the provision of a framework or support for achieving an intended outcome of internalizing learnings by way of collaboration and later gradual withdrawal of support.
verb To set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding.