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▪ I. ˈwool-ˌstaple1
[staple n.2]
A market appointed for the sale of wool.
1593Norden Spec. Brit., M'sex (Camden) Introd. p. xvii, Ther are within this cytie the longe Woulstaple and the rounde, both which take name of the Staple that ther was kepte for woules. a1700Evelyn Diary 8 July 1656, The pinnacle of one of their wool-staple houses. 1778Engl. Gaz. (ed. 2) s.v. Sandwich, The wool-staple was removed hither from Queenborough, in the reign of Richard II.
So ˈwool-ˌstapler [stapler 2], a merchant who buys wool from the producer, grades it, and sells it to the manufacturer. Also ˈwool-ˌstapling.
1709Lond. Gaz. No. 4529/3 Eden Hardy,..Bermondsey,.. Woollstapler. 1835Ure Philos. Manuf. 160 The matted fleeces supplied by the wool-stapler. 1888T. W. Reid W. E. Forster I. 137 The wool-stapling business of James Fison and Son of Thetford. 1897‘Ouida’ Massarenes xlviii, An Australian wool-stapler.
▪ II. ˈwool-ˌstaple2
[staple n.3]
The staple of (a particular) wool.
1835Ure Philos. Manuf. 155 The distance between the first and last pair of rollers is much greater, on account of the greater length of the wool-staple. |