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.
There are approximately 129 hotels with 31,293 hotel rooms located in Washington, DC. The Greater Washington Metropolitan Area is home to 694 hotels with 111,270 rooms (including those located within DC proper). There are 4,635 committable rooms within 1 mile of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.