Definitions
burst or force (a hole) into something
Word origin
Back-formation from staves, the plural of staff.
Used in a sentence
“For the Cherubims ſpread foorth their wings ouer the place of the Arke, and the Cherubims couered the Arke and the ſtaues thereof, aboue.”
“Let us chaunt a passing stave / In honour of that hero brave.”
“[The] stave that binds the two halves of the line together the on-verse must be classified as D in spite of the f-stave . . stave-rhyme (OED s.v. Stave sb.)”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Barrel strip”5 letters
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