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eskaffalde (1322-27)
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eskaffalde (1322-27)

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(ascaffolt)  
  FEW:  *catafalicum 2/i,487a Gdf:  eskaffaire 3,474c GdfC:  eschafaut 9,508c TL: eschafaut 3,827 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  échafaud  TLF:  échafaud  OED:  scaffold n.  MED:  scaffold n.  DMLBS:  scaffaldus 2949c

s.

scaffolding: 
( 1322-27 )  e quatorse peces de merin par (l. pur) ascaffolts pris de .v. sous al overaigne du dit palais  TNA SC 8/59/2912
( 1390 )  [...] lui facez allouer par soun serement les coustages faitz entour les eskaffaldes in Smythfeld qeux il fit faire pur nus  Chaucer Life 472

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See also:

scaffald 
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