scaffolding

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scaffold

Scaffolding refers to a temporary structure built around a building for support or protection during construction.

When we talk about scaffolding, we often think of big metal frames going up around a building site. You might see workers climbing ladders and hauling heavy materials while standing on these elevated platforms. Scaffolding is used for safety reasons – it helps protect people from falling off the side of the building or getting hit by debris. Without scaffolding, construction sites would be much more hazardous.

How common is "scaffolding"?

Word scaffolding is considered rare in modern English.
It has a balanced usage among all categories: speech, fiction, newspapers and academic texts.

Definitions

verb

To set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding.
To sustain; to provide support for.
To dispose of the bodies of the dead on a scaffold or raised platform, as by some Native American tribes.

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noun

A temporary modular system of tubes (or formerly wood) forming a framework used to support people and material in the construction or repair of buildings and other large structures.
Source code etc. that is incomplete and serves as a basis for further development.
Any framework or support.

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Real examples of "scaffolding" in context

"Tom's a really bad liar!" Andrew Garfield on Spider-Man: No Way Home

Interview

And we were talking about Zendaya's stunt where she has to jump off scaffolding.

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