Staple right — The staple right (also translated stacking right or storage right, both from the German Stapelrecht) was a medieval right accorded to certain ports, the staple ports, that required merchant barges or ships to unload their goods at the port, and… … Wikipedia
Staple — may mean:*Staple (fastener), a formed metal fastener used to secure sheets of material or wires, so they will not fall apart of each other. *Staple food, a foodstuff that forms the basic constituent of a diet. It is a standard commodity rather… … Wikipedia
Staple remover — Close up view of a staple remover A staple re … Wikipedia
Staple food — Grains Various types of … Wikipedia
staple — A major commodity grown, traded and demanded; e.g. grain, salt, flour. Such commodity is usually very important to the local economy where it is grown or produced. Raw material. In English law, a mart or market. A place where the buying and… … Black's law dictionary
staple — staple1 /stay peuhl/, n., v., stapled, stapling. n. 1. a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side. 2. a similar, often U… … Universalium
staple — I sta•ple [[t]ˈsteɪ pəl[/t]] n. v. pled, pling 1) a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers or the like by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side 2) bui a similar, oftenU shaped piece of wire or… … From formal English to slang
Richard Staple — Infobox Cricketer nationality = United States country = United States country abbrev = USA name = Richard Staple picture = Cricket no pic.png batting style = Right handed batsman (RHB) bowling style = Right arm offbreak (ROB) tests = 0 test runs … Wikipedia
Merchants of the Staple — The Merchants of the Staple, also known as the Merchant Staplers, was an English company which controlled the export of wool to the continent during the late medieval period. The company of the staple may perhaps trace its ancestry back as far as … Wikipedia
The staple — was a system of trade and taxation used during the medieval period in England. Under this system, the government or King required that all overseas trade in certain goods be transacted at specific designated market towns or ports, referred to as… … Wikipedia