1. An old plural of Staff.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• stanes,
• stades,
• stayes,
• stives,
• stafe,
• stevem,
• sirves,
• steave,
• stabes,
• styes,
• sweaves,
• sttaes,
• staes,
• scaves,
• srtives,
• stadges,
• stovers,
• staages,
• searves,
• stven

The plural of the "staves" can be the "staves".

The singular of the "staves" can be the "staff".