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noun

a nail used in building temporary structures, having a stop on its shank to prevent its being driven in all the way and to leave the head free for pulling.

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Also called form nail.

Words nearby scaffold nail

scads, Scaevola, Scafell Pike, scaffold, scaffolding, scaffold nail, scag, scagliola, Scala, scalability, scalable

How to use scaffold nail in a sentence

But on Tuesday, we saw another nail hammered into the already pretty tightly nailed down coffin of the two-state solution.
In the Middle East, the Two-State Solution Is Dead|Dean Obeidallah|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Two young black men stood under a scaffold outside the church trying to keep dry.
New York's Next Killer-Cop Grand Jury|Jacob Siegel|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The CID speculated that the woman was confirming who lived there before planting a homemade nail bomb.
Abu Dhabi Treats U.S. Teacher’s Murder as Terrorist Attack|Chris Allbritton|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
MOSCOW—Every now and then I run into Anna Chapman at a nail salon called “Little Fingers” on Potapovsky Avenue in downtown Moscow.
Ex-Spy Anna Chapman, From Russia Unloved|Anna Nemtsova|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Along the way, he accidentally embeds a nail in his foot, which is not symbolic at all.
The Walking Dead’s ‘Crossed’: The Stage Is Now Set for a Bloody, Deadly Midseason Finale|Melissa Leon|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And he walked into Lombard Street with the feelings of a culprit walking up the scaffold to his execution.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Piegan snorted when I told him we were on the dodge—that they were trying to nail us for holding up the paymaster.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
A Workman, who was mounted on a high scaffold to repair a town clock, fell from his elevated station, upon a man who was passing.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
The Tories were reminded that his soldiers had guarded the scaffold before the Banqueting House.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
She was summoned to present herself before the Convention, to confront her accuser, and defend herself from the scaffold.
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott