Staple

Staple may refer to:

• Staple food, a foodstuff that forms the basic constituent of a diet
• Staple (fastener), a small formed metal fastener
  • Surgical staple

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