They cannot be shut up In prison wall, nor put to death on scaffolds!
"The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Emboldened by their success, the hyenas had now drawn nearer, and in a moment more would have made a general charge upon the scaffolds of flesh, and, no doubt, would have succeeded in carrying off a large quantity of it.
"Popular Adventure Tales"
Mayne Reid
They saw that if the scaffolds were only high enough, the meat might be easily hung so as to be out of reach of the hyenas.
"Popular Adventure Tales"
Mayne Reid