transitive. To make over again, ? repair.

To compress the staves of (a cask) into the required shape and position by means of a trussing-hoop (see trussing, n. compounds 1).

To renew the staves of (a bucket); to put together the staves of (a cask, etc.).

To tighten (the seams of a barrel) by means of flags or rushes.

transitive. To plane or smooth with a howel.

transitive. To make the croze in (cask staves, etc.).

transitive. To groove or chamfer the ends of cask-staves on the inner surface, and so to form the chime.