- A movable frame or support for anything, as scaffolding,
consisting of three or four legs secured to a top piece, and forming a
sort of stool or horse, used by carpenters, masons, and other workmen;
also, a kind of framework of strong posts or piles, and crossbeams, for
supporting a bridge, the track of a railway, or the like. - The frame of a table.
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