scaffold

nounmasculineliterário/kɐdɐˈfalsu/low

ca·da·fal·so

Definition

A raised wooden platform used historically for public executions.

The prisoner was led to the scaffold at dawn.

The crowd gathered around the scaffold.

syn

Common collocations

mount the scaffoldpublic scaffold

Do latim vulgar '*catafalcu', possivelmente do grego 'kata' (abaixo) e 'pháls' (torre de vigia).