Phrase Hound found 24 phrases and 24 compound words that contain staves. The most common are listed below. Open staves in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 24
- vine stavesplural of vine staff: A cane originally made of twisted grapevine trimmings and used by Roman centurions to beat the soldiers under their command; the various mushroom-headed batons later borne by them as a mark of office.
- bass stavesplural of bass staff: a staff which starts with a bass clef
- bed-stavesplural of bed-staff
- churn-stavesplural of churn-staff: The plunger used in an upright churn
- cowl-stavesplural of cowl-staff: A staff used to carry a cowl or other burden, especially held by two people on their shoulders.
- cross-stavesplural of cross-staff: An archbishop's cross.
- flag-stavesplural of flag-staff: A pole on which a flag is raised.
- grand stavesplural of grand staff: a treble staff joined to a bass staff by means of a brace, with the treble staff on top
- level stavesplural of level staff: A graduated rod used by surveyors to measure differences in level.
- leveling stavesplural of leveling staff: A graduated pole used in the process of establishing heights and altitudes.
- levelling stavesplural of levelling staff: A graduated pole used in the process of establishing heights and altitudes.
- offset stavesplural of offset staff: A surveyor's rod, usually ten links long, used in measuring offsets.
- paddle-stavesplural of paddle-staff: A spade for clearing a plowshare.
- quarter-stavesplural of quarter-staff: A wooden staff with an approximate length between 2 and 2.5 meters, sometimes tipped with iron, used as a weapon in rural England during the Early Modern period.
- ragged stavesplural of ragged staff: A knotted stick with short stumps of branches on each side.
- station stavesplural of station staff: An instrument for taking angles in surveying.
- staves offthird-person singular simple present indicative of stave off: To prevent something from happening; to obviate or avert.
- tau stavesplural of tau staff: A staff with a crosspiece at the top like a crutch.
- treble stavesplural of treble staff: A staff that starts with a treble clef.
- wring-stavesplural of wring-staff: One of the strong pieces of wood used in applying wringbolts.
- Jedburgh stavesplural of Jedburgh staff: A kind of Scottish polearm.
- cantoral stavesplural of cantoral staff: The official staff or baton of a cantor or precentor, used to mark time for the singers.
- Jeddart stavesplural of Jeddart staff: A Jedburgh staff.
- green-stavesA person who carries a green staff.
Compound words 24
- stavesacreA highly toxic, perennial plant with purple flowers (Staphisagria macrosperma, syn. Delphinium staphisagria).
- backstavesplural of backstaff: An early navigational instrument for measuring the altitude of the sun and hence calculating latitude.
- bookstavesplural of bookstave: Alternative form of bookstaff (“letter, alphabetic symbol”).
- bowstavesplural of bowstave: The stave of a bow, to which the string is attached.
- cowlstavesplural of cowlstaff: A staff used to carry a cowl or other burden, especially held by two people on their shoulders.
- flagstavesplural of flagstaff: A pole on which a flag is raised.
- forestavesplural of forestaff: An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, later replaced by the sextant.
- handstavesplural of handstaff: The part of a flail that is held in the hand.
- jackstavesplural of jackstaff: A short spar, at the bows of a ship, that serves as a flagpole to fly a flag (a jack).
- longstavesplural of longstaff: A surname transferred from the nickname.