'Stave jointer' definitions:

Definition of 'Stave jointer'

From: GCIDE
  • Stave \Stave\ (st[=a]v), n. [From Staff, and corresponding to the pl. staves. See Staff.]
  • 1. One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; esp., one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, a pail, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. One of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel; one of the bars or rounds of a rack, a ladder, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff. [1913 Webster]
  • Let us chant a passing stave In honor of that hero brave. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Mus.) The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or printed; the staff[7]. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Stave jointer, a machine for dressing the edges of staves. [1913 Webster]