“The hull was staved in.”
Grammar Entry 615 / 1011 60-second read
Stove in
Nautical past tense survives.
The comparisoni
“The hull was stove in.”
The ruleii
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STAVE in → STOVE in.
The verb STAVE (to smash) has two past tenses: STAVED and STOVE. STOVE survives mostly in nautical contexts.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
Nautical = stove."