English

Adjective

scaffoldy ‎(comparative more scaffoldy, superlative most scaffoldy)

1. (of a building or a wall) covered in, or looking like a scaffold
   • 1882, Fire Underwriters' Association of the Northwest , Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the Fire Underwriters ..., Issue 13

     "The result has rather a scaffoldy and incomplete appearance, which would be happily remedied by the coloring brush and a few shadings, easily thrown in, but the measurements are correct, and the proportions and the relations of the several of the several buildings to one another, are accurately represented."

2. (figuratively, by extension) that looks like a scaffold
   • 1965, {unattributed}, The Prairie Schooner - Volume 25 - Page 90

     "Evan pushed the twist of hair off his forehead and regarded the shadow. It was long and straight and lean and scaffoldy, like a cross on a spire."