noun - STAVES refers to the plural form of staff, which may be a group of personnel or a long stick used as a walking aid or a weapon.

noun - STAVES is also a term used in a musical context, referring to the set of five horizontal lines and four spaces that represent a different musical pitch in Western musical notation.

noun - In the context of barrel-making, STAVES are the individual strips of wood that form the sides of a barrel.