staple

To support, attach, or fix by means of a staple or staples.

A post; a prop; a support.

A loop of metal, or a bar or wire bent and formed with two points, to be driven into wood to hold a hook, pin, or bolt.

In founding, a piece of nail-iron wiih a flat disk riveted to the head, and pointed below, used in a mold to hold a core in position.

Of a lock, same as box, 13.

In musical instruments of the oboe class, the metallic tube to which the reeds are fastened, and through which the tone is conveyed from them into the wooden body of the instrument.

In coal-mining, a shallow shaft within a mine.

To erect a staple; form a monopoly of production and sale; establish a mart for such purpose.

To furnish or provide with a staple or staples.

To sort or classify according to the length of the fiber: as, to staple wool.