As nouns the difference between scaffold and gable
is that scaffold is a structure made of scaffolding, for workers to stand on while working on a building while gable is the triangular area of external wall adjacent to two meeting sloped roofs.
As a verb scaffold
is to set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding.
scaffold
English
Noun
(
en noun)
A structure made of scaffolding, for workers to stand on while working on a building.
An elevated platform on which a criminal is executed.
(metalworking) An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf or dome-shaped obstruction above the tuyeres in a blast furnace.
Derived terms
* go to the scaffold
* send to the scaffold
* superscaffold, superscaffolding
Verb
(
en verb)
To set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding.
Derived terms
* scaffoldage
* scaffolder
* scaffolding
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gable
Etymology 1
From (etyl) gable (compare modern French ).
Noun
(
en noun)
(architecture) The triangular area of external wall adjacent to two meeting sloped roofs.
Derived terms
* gable roof
See also
* pediment
Etymology 2
Anagrams
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