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scaffold
c.1347 (implied in
scaffolding
), aphetic of an O.N.Fr. variant of O.Fr.
eschafaut
"scaffold," probably altered (by influence of
eschace
"a prop, support") from
chaffaut,
from V.L.
*catafalicum
(see
catafalque
).
