What is the meaning of Staple?

A town containing merchants who have exclusive right, under royal authority, to purchase or produce certain goods for export; also, the body of such merchants seen as a group.

Place of supply; source.

The principal commodity produced in a town or region.

A basic or essential supply.

A recurring topic or character.

Short fiber, as of cotton, sheep’s wool, or the like, which can be spun into yarn or thread.

Unmanufactured material; raw material.

To sort according to its staple.

Relating to, or being market of staple for, commodities.

Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled.

Fit to be sold; marketable.

Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.

Any of several types of fastener comprising a bent piece of wire.

  1. A wire fastener, made of thin wire, used to secure stacks of paper by penetrating all the sheets and curling around.

    A wire fastener, made of thin wire, used to secure stacks of paper by penetrating all the sheets and curling around.

    A wire fastener, in any of various sizes, used to secure something else by penetrating and curling.

    A U-shaped wire fastener, made of thick wire, used to attach fence wire or other material to posts or structures.

    One of a set of U-shaped metal rods hammered into a structure, such as a piling or wharf, which serve as a ladder.

    A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.

    A small pit.

    A district granted to an abbey.

    A post; prop; support

    To secure with a staple.

    inflection of stapeln:

    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative
    3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

    first-person singular present

    singular imperative

    first/third-person singular subjunctive I

    staple (official market established by royal authority for selling export goods)

    staple (the town containing such market)

    alternative form of stapel

    Source: wiktionary.org