among builders, an assemblage of planks and boards, sustained by trestles and pieces of wood fixed in the wall; whereon masons, bricklayers, &c. stand to work, in building high walls, and plasterers in plastering ceilings, &c.

also denotes a timber-work raised in the manner of an amphitheatre, for the more commodious viewing any show or ceremony; it is also used for a little stage raised in some public place, whereon to behold criminals.