A casing or lining of staves, especially one encircling a water wheel.

plural of staving

simple past tense and past participle of stave in

A surname.

plural of Stave

(idiomatic) to prevent something from happening; to obviate or avert

plural of grand staff

(countable) A (stressed) word that rhymes with another, in that it begins with the same consonant, consonant cluster, or vowel. / (usually uncountable) This kind of rhyme.

To exhibit this kind of rhyme.

simple past tense and past participle of stave-rhyme