staging

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: stag=ing

CIDE DICTIONARY

staging, n. 

•  A structure of posts and boards for supporting workmen, etc., as in building.  [1913 Webster]
•  The business of running stagecoaches; also, the act of journeying in stagecoaches.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

staging, n.
1 the presentation of a play etc.
2 a a platform or support or scaffolding, esp. temporary. b shelves for plants in a greenhouse.

Idiom

staging area an intermediate assembly point for troops in transit. staging post a regular stopping-place, esp. on an air route.