scaffolding

To set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding.

To sustain; to provide support for.

To dispose of the bodies of the dead on a scaffold or raised platform, as by some Native American tribes.

A temporary modular system of tubes (or formerly wood) forming a framework used to support people and material in the construction or repair of buildings and other large structures.

Source code etc. that is incomplete and serves as a basis for further development.

Any framework or support.