Staple
Staple may refer to:
- Staple food, a foodstuff that forms the basic constituent of a diet
- Staple (fastener), a small formed metal fastener
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Arts, entertainment, and media
- Staple (band), a Christian post-hardcore band
- Staple (2002 album), an album by Staple
- Staple (2004 album), an album by Staple
- Staple (EP), a 2003 EP by Staple
- STAPLE!, a convention for creators of comics and other independent media
- "Staple Singers/ Freda Payne", a Soul Train episode
- The Staple Singers, an American gospel, soul and R&B singing group
- The Staple Swingers, a 1971 soul album by the Staple Singers
Brands and enterprises
- Merchants of the Staple, an English company which controlled the export of wool to the continent during the late medieval period
- Staple Design, a visual communications agency
Fibers
- 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, Nord, a commune in the Nord department in northern France
- Staple Bend Tunnel, constructed between 1831 and 1834 for the Allegheny Portage Railroad about four miles east of Johnstown, Pennsylvania
- Staple Fitzpaine, a village and civil parish in Somerset, England
- Staple Island, a small rocky island in the Farne Islands in Northumberland, England
Trade
- 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
- Statute of the Staple, a statute passed in 1353 by the Parliament of England
- The Staple, in English historiography, the entire medieval system of trade and its taxation
Other uses
- Staple financing, a form of financing package offered to potential bidders during an acquisition
- Staple Inn, in London, England, the last surviving Inn of Chancery
See also
- Staple Hill (disambiguation)
- Stapleford (disambiguation), a number of places in the United Kingdom
- Staples (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles containing Staple
- All pages with titles beginning with Staple
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