Staple

Staple may refer to:

Trade

• The Staple, in English historiography, the entire medieval system of trade and its taxation
• Staple Inn, a building on the south side of High Holborn in London, England.
• Statute of the Staple, a statute passed in 1353 by the Parliament of England
• Merchants of the Staple, an English company which controlled the export of wool to the continent during the late medieval period
• Company of Merchant Adventurers of London, brought together London's leading overseas merchants in a regulated company, in the nature of a guild

Trade technical uses

• Staple food, a (store-able) foodstuff that forms the basic constituent of a diet
• Staple (textiles), the raw material of fiber from which textiles are made
• Staple (wool), wool fibers that naturally form themselves into locks

Places

• Staple, Kent, a village in Kent, England near Sandwich
  • Staple railway station
• Staple, Nord, a commune in the Nord department in northern France

Other

• Staple (fastener), a small formed metal fastener
• STAPLE (programming language)
• STAPLE!, a convention for creators of comics and other independent media
• Staple (band), a Christian post-hardcore band
  • Staple (2002 album), a 2002 album by Staple
  • Staple (2004 album), a 2004 album by Staple
  • Staple EP, a 2003 EP released by the band Staple
• Staple Design, a visual communications agency

See also

• Staples (disambiguation)