stave
noun/steɪv/
/steɪv/
- a strong stick or pole
- fence staves
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- (also staff)(music) a set of five lines on which music is written
Word OriginMiddle English: back-formation from staves, archaic plural of staff. Current senses of the verb date from the early 17th cent.
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