[steɪv], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a vertical wooden post or plank in a building or other structure
(e.g: to support all this, an intricate system of beams and additional staves became necessary)

- a set of five parallel lines on any one or between any adjacent two of which a note is written to indicate its pitch
(e.g: above the stave are the signs indicating the rhythm)

- a verse or stanza of a poem
(e.g: she sang these three staves)


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Origin:
Middle English: back-formation from staves, archaic plural of staff. Current senses of the verb date from the early 17th century