OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 16783

scaffolding

/ˈskæfəldɪŋ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
andamiada • andamiaje • andamio
A temporary modular system of tubes, bamboo or wood forming a framework used to support people and material in the construction or repair of buildings and other large structures.
On the day of RAIL 's site visit, in heavy weather, the scaffolding and decking that engineers stand on were submerged deep under choppy water, with work suspended. "We have to wor…
[…] transparent scaffoldings partially draped with often hallucinatory nets of lines, gouges, hatching and cross-hatching that somehow also depict varying degrees of flesh, feature…
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