/stay"jing/ , n.
1. the act, process, or manner of presenting a play on the stage.
2. a temporary platform or structure of posts and boards for support, as in building; scaffolding.
3. Rocketry. the in-flight separation of a rocket stage from the remaining stages of a multistage missile or launch vehicle.
4. the business of running stagecoaches.
5. the act of traveling by stages or by stagecoach.
[ 1275-1325; ME; see STAGE, -ING 1 ]