an iron pole or wooden stick; = staff¹ (3)

any of the narrow strips of wood or iron placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a barrel, bucket, or other vessel or structure

a supporting bar, e.g. a crosspiece in a chair, or the rung of a ladder

a verse or stanza of a poem

a set of five horizontal spaced lines on and between which music is written

(+ in) to crush or break (a hard casing, etc) inward

The steering wheel stove his chest in

to fit (a chair, etc) with staves