The hunting of deer by stalking, or stealing upon them unawares.

One who takes part in deer stalking.

Alternative spelling of verge staff

(clock making) The metal bar with two pallets that drive the crown wheel in a verge escapement.

(nautical) A flag pole that protrudes from a low deck off the back of a ship.

(computing) A stack that stores details of the functions called by a program in sequence, so that each function can return on completion to the code that called it.

Alternative spelling of jackstaff

(programming) A hierarchical trace of the function calls made by a program, used in debugging.

(theater) A forged, or sometimes cast low thread count cut thread screw with a handle (sometimes made up of three holes) used to hold scenery in place in theaters (mostly prior to the 1990s).

plural of stage-coach