As verbs the difference between scaffold and gallow
is that scaffold is to set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding while gallow is (obsolete) to frighten.
As a noun scaffold
is a structure made of scaffolding, for workers to stand on while working on a building.
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
External links
*
*
*
gallow
English
Verb
(
en verb)
(obsolete) to frighten
* 1605': The wrathful skies / '''Gallow the very wanderers of the dark / And make them keep their caves. — William Shakespeare, ''King Lear III.ii
See also
* gallows
