Staff v.

[f. STAFF sb.¹] trans. To provide with a staff of officers, teachers, servants, etc.

1859.  Times, 20 Aug., 7/6. We end by being efficiently and sensibly equipped, commanded, and staffed.

1881.  Elizabeth Surr, in 19th Cent., April, 656. Two or three such women, a care-taker, and a cook, would adequately staff each home.

1888.  Mrs. H. Ward, R. Elsmere, V. xxxiii. A powerful church of the new type, staffed by friends and pupils of Pusey.

1895.  Naturalist, 132. It is a satisfaction to note how well the museum is staffed.

1904.  Catholic Times, 1 Jan., 8/3. To furnish and staff some three or four first class day schools for boys.

  Hence Staffing vbl. sb.

1882.  S. C. Buxton, in 19th Cent., Nov., 788. The Board schools, on their side, have doubtless many advantages, derived from their … superior staffing, and more highly paid teachers.

1901.  Scotsman, 30 Oct., 12/4. The staffing of the offices at Castle Terrace.