1 A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (engineering) one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine. 2  A bird, the greylag.
Washington, D.C. Coordinates. The Walter E. Washington Convention Center is a 2,300,000-square-foot (210,000 m2) convention center located in Washington, D.C., USA, owned and operated by the city's convention arm, Events DC.
District: Convention. With 1.2 million sq. ft. of exhibition, meeting and registration space, the George R. Brown Convention Center is one of the 10 largest conference facilities in the U.S. It features seven exhibit halls, 100 meeting rooms, a grand ballroom and a tiered amphitheater.