Stave (wood)
![Wooden barrels made of multiple staves.](/Images/godic/202502/21/Barrels25135.jpg")
![A wood stave pipeline for a hydropower application.](/Images/godic/202502/21/WoodstavePipe5135.JPG")
![Wood stave pipeline part of the Yakima Project](/Images/godic/202502/21/lossy-page1-220px-Yakima_Project_-_Wood_stave_pipe_line_-_Washington_-_NARA_-_294748.tif5135.jpg")
A stave is a narrow length of wood with a slightly bevelled edge to form the sides of barrels, tanks and pipelines, originally handmade by coopers. They have been used in the construction of large holding tanks and penstocks at hydro power developments.