Толковый словарь английского языка - staple
Staple
staple
I. noun Etymology: Middle English stapel post, ~, from Old English stapol post; akin to Middle Dutch stapel step, heap, emporium, Old English steppan to step Date: 13th century a usually U-shaped fastener: as, a metal loop both ends of which are driven into a surface to hold the hook, hasp, or bolt of a lock, secure a rope, or fix a wire in place, a small wire both ends of which are driven through layers of thin and easily penetrable material (as paper) and usually clinched to hold the layers together, a usually metal surgical fastener used to hold layers of tissue together (as in the closure of an incision), II. transitive verb (~d; stapling) Date: 14th century to provide with or secure by ~s, III. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French e~, from Middle Dutch stapel emporium Date: 15th century a town used as a center for the sale or exportation of commodities in bulk, a place of supply ; source , a chief commodity or production of a place, 4. a commodity for which the demand is constant, something having widespread and constant use or appeal, the sustaining or principal element ; substance , raw material , 6. textile fiber (as wool and rayon) of relatively short length that when spun and twisted forms a yarn rather than a filament, the length of a piece of such textile fiber, IV. adjective Date: 1615 used, needed, or enjoyed constantly usually by many individuals, produced regularly or in large quantities , principal , chief
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1. n. & v. --n. a U-shaped metal bar or piece of wire with pointed ends for driving into, securing, or fastening together various materials or for driving through and clenching papers, netting, electric wire, etc. --v.tr. provide or fasten with a staple. Phrases and idioms staple gun a hand-held device for driving in staples. Derivatives stapler n. Etymology: OE stapol f. Gmc 2. n., adj., & v. --n. 1 the principal or an important article of commerce (the staples of British Industry). 2 the chief element or a main component, e.g. of a diet. 3 a raw material. 4 the fibre of cotton or wool etc. as determining its quality (cotton of fine staple). --adj. 1 main or principal (staple commodities). 2 important as a product or an export. --v.tr. sort or classify (wool etc.) according to fibre. Etymology: ME f. OF estaple market f. MLG, MDu. stapel market (as STAPLE(1)) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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