STAVE

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, back-formation from ~s, plural of staf staff Date: 13th century staff I,1, any of the narrow strips of wood or narrow iron plates placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel (as a barrel) or structure, stanza , staff I,3, II. verb (~d or stove; staving) Date: circa 1595 transitive verb to break in the ~s of (a cask), to smash a hole in , to drive or thrust away, intransitive verb to become stove in, to walk or move rapidly