♦ Merchants of the staple formerly meant those who exported the staple wares of the country.
·noun A small pit. II. Staple ·adj Fit to be sold; marketable. III. Staple ·noun Unmanufactured ma...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
1) See Staple Inn. 2) House of Lord St. John called" Staple Hall," in length 126 ft., in breadth be...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
On the south side of Holborn Bars at No.2, outside the City boundary. "Staple Inn in Holborne," 159...
, or staple-lodging knees. The same as deck standard-knees (which see). ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
See staple-knees ...
Tenement in parish of Berkyngecherch called "Ia. Stapeledehalle," 1330-I (Ct. H. Wills, I. 363). No...