Staple

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I. noun

Etymology: Middle English stapel post, staple, from Old English stapol post; akin to Middle Dutch stapel step, heap, emporium, Old English steppan to step
Date: 13th century
a usually U-shaped fastener: as
- a. a metal loop both ends of which are driven into a surface to hold the hook, hasp, or bolt of a lock, secure a rope, or fix a wire in place
- b. a small wire both ends of which are driven through layers of thin and easily penetrable material (as paper) and usually clinched to hold the layers together
- c. a usually metal surgical fastener used to hold layers of tissue together (as in the closure of an incision)

II. transitive verb (stapled; stapling)

III. noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French estaple, from Middle Dutch stapel emporium
Date: 15th century
1. a town used as a center for the sale or exportation of commodities in bulk
2. a place of supply ; source
3. a chief commodity or production of a place
4.
- a. a commodity for which the demand is constant
- b. something having widespread and constant use or appeal
- c. the sustaining or principal element ; substance
5. raw material
6.
- a. textile fiber (as wool and rayon) of relatively short length that when spun and twisted forms a yarn rather than a filament
- b. the length of a piece of such textile fiber

IV. adjective

Date: 1615
1. used, needed, or enjoyed constantly usually by many individuals
2. produced regularly or in large quantities <staple crops such as wheat and rice>
3. principal, chief