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A stave bearing is a simple journal bearing where a shaft rotates in a bearing housing .. journal bearing. journal bearing. stave. stave ( wood ). Rather than the usual arrangement where the fixed part of the bearing surrounds most of the circumference of the shaft in one or two pieces , a stave bearing uses a large number of axial staves to support the shaft .. stave. stave ( wood ). A large housing is made with grooves running along the shaft , these grooves being filled with strips of suitable material , originally wood .