stapledadj.1
/ˈsteɪp(ə)ld/ Having a staple (of a certain kind). Chiefly in parasynthetic formations, as in long-stapled, short-stapled; thin-stapled; also well-stapled.
a. Of wool, sheep; also of cotton, silk, etc.: see staple n.3 1.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > [adjective] > fibre of
stapleda1592
a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. F4 My flockes, Yelding forth fleeces stapled with such woole, As Lempster cannot yelde more finer stuffe.
1805 J. Luccock Nature & Prop. Wool 346 Of the fifteen millions of short stapled ones [sc. fleeces], which the kingdom produces, there are not five hundred thousand which even border upon perfection.
1851 Art Jrnl. Illustr. Catal. p. iv** Coarser and shorter stapled cottons.
1865 Reader 8 July 47/1 He had himself seen, in Pekin, warehouses stored with..fine tobacco, short-stapled silk, paper [etc.].
b. Of soil: see staple n.3 3.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > kind of earth or soil > [adjective] > organic > mould
mouldy1572
stapled1773
mouldish1866
1773 Gentleman's Mag. 43 130 Taking away small stones and flints is detrimental to..thin stapled light lands, and to all lands of a binding nature.
1795 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Essex 27 A well stapled gravelly loam.
1844 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 5 i. 17 The thin-stapled lands of this district.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
stapledadj.2
/ˈsteɪp(ə)ld/ Furnished with a staple or staples (staple n.1 2); spec. of papers, fastened together with a staple or staples.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [adjective] > furnished with other fastenings
hooked1362
clasped1675
wired1738
screw bolted?c1780
stapled1845
swivelled1884
Velcroed1972
society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > [adjective] > with other specific fastenings
buckled1394
clasped1582
chained1613
nutted1688
hooping1795
knock-down1869
stapled1956
1845 R. Browning Confessional in Bells & Pomegranates No. VII: Dramatic Romances & Lyrics xii That horrible black scaffold drest, The stapled block..God sink the rest!
1868 J. Greenwood in Morning Star 3 Feb. It is two years and a week or so since I applied at that stapled knocker and traversed the chaste hall.
1956 S. Bellow Seize the Day (1957) i. 32 Several pages of blue hectographed script, stapled together.
1958 Notes & Queries Jan. 46/2 The cost of this book by English standards ($1.50 for a text in stapled paper cover) is prohibitive.
1974 ‘P. B. Yuill’ Bornless Keeper xii. 113 He picked up the wad of stapled foolscap sheets.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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