One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, a pail, etc.

(transitive) To fit or furnish with staves or rundles. / (transitive, usually with 'in') To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst.

plural of staff.

plural of stave

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stave

To stave from the outside, to crush inward, to cause to collapse inward.

simple past tense and past participle of stave

simple past tense and past participle of stave in

plural of Stavely

A surname. / A town in Southern Alberta, Alberta, Canada.