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Staving

To fit or furnish with staves or rundles.

📖 Definitions of "Staving"

verb
  1. 1

    To fit or furnish with staves or rundles.

  2. 2

    (usually with 'in') To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst.

    "to stave in a cask"

  3. 3

    (with 'off') To push, or keep off, as with a staff.

  4. 4

    (usually with 'off') To delay by force or craft; to drive away.

    "We ate grass in an attempt to stave off our hunger."

noun
  1. 1

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

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