Stave - Definition

n 1: (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the
musical notes are written [syn: staff, stave]
2: one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a
barrel or bucket [syn: stave, lag]
3: a crosspiece between the legs of a chair [syn: rung,
round, stave]
v 1: furnish with staves; "stave a ladder"
2: burst or force (a hole) into something [syn: stave, stave
in]