📖 Definitions of "Staving"
verb
- 1
To fit or furnish with staves or rundles.
- 2
(usually with 'in') To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst.
"to stave in a cask"
- 3
(with 'off') To push, or keep off, as with a staff.
- 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
A casing or lining of staves, especially one encircling a water wheel.
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