scaffoldage rare.
(ˈskæfəldɪdʒ)
In 6 scaffolage.
[f. scaffold v. + -age. Cf. F. échafaudage.]
= scaffolding vbl. n. 1.
| 1606 Shakes. Tr. & Cr. i. iii. 156 To heare the woodden Dialogue and sound 'Twixt his stretcht footing, and the Scaffolage [mod. edd. scaffoldage]. 1889 Farrar Lives Fathers II. xvi. 288 Their hair was elaborated into a scaffoldage of curls. |