n. thin strip of wood used to form the sides of a barrel or other similar structure; stick or staff; rung of a ladder or chair; set of verses in a poem or song; group of 5 horizontal lines and the 4 spaces between them on which music is written
STAVE
Meaning of STAVE in English
Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012