stave

stave

1. a stanza or verse of a poem

2. Music

a. Brit an individual group of five lines and four spaces used in staff notation

b. another word for staff

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Stave

Wedge-shaped timber.

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stave

[stāv]

(design engineering)

A rung of a ladder.

Any of the narrow wooden strips or metal plates placed edge to edge to form the sides, top, or lining of a vessel or structure, such as a barrel.

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stave

1. One of a number of narrow boards used to build up a curved surface.

2. A rung of a ladder.

3. In formwork for an excavation, one of many vertical members which form a curved surface (in plan).

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