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A temporary platform, either supported from below or suspended from above, on which workers sit or stand when performing tasks at heights above the ground.
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A raised wooden framework or platform.
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A platform used in the execution of condemned prisoners, as by hanging or beheading.
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To provide or support with a raised framework or platform.
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To place on a raised framework or platform.
(verb-transitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.