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The temporary skeleton that holds up something not yet able to stand alone.
means A removable support structure that lets workers reach, build, or stabilize something until it can hold itself.
from From Old French escadafaut, a viewing stage, via Latin catafalcum — the platform built to display the dead, now built to raise the living.
Bamboo standardHong Kong skyscrapers still rise on lashed bamboo poles.
Education theftTeachers borrowed the word for temporary learning supports.
Cell biologyProteins use molecular scaffolds to organize chemical reactions.