Staple

Staple may refer to:

Trade

• The Staple, in English historiography, the entire medieval system of trade and its taxation
• Staple right, a medieval right of certain German ports to require merchant vessels to unload and display their goods for sale for a certain period, often three days
• 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, serving the village of Staple
• Staple Fitzpaine, a village and civil parish in Somerset, England
• Staple, Nord, a commune in the Nord department in northern France
• Staple Hill (disambiguation)
• Staple Island, a small rocky island that is one of the outer Farne Islands in Northumberland, England
• Staple Bend Tunnel, constructed between 1831 and 1834 for the Allegheny Portage Railroad about 4 miles east of Johnstown, Pennsylvania
• Stapleford (disambiguation), a number of places in the United Kingdom

Other

• Staple (fastener), a small formed metal fastener
  • Staple gun, a hand-held machine used to drive heavy metal staples into wood, plastic, or masonry
  • Staple knocker, a tool used for removing staples and shredded material
• 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
• Staple financing, describes a form of investment banks pre-arranged financing package offered to potential bidders during an acquisition

See also

• All pages with titles containing "Staple"
• All pages beginning with "Staple"
• Staple Act (disambiguation)
• Staples (disambiguation)