Staple may refer to: *

Staple food A staple food, food staple, or simply a staple, is a food that is eaten often and in such quantities that it constitutes a dominant portion of a standard diet for a given person or group of people, supplying a large fraction of energy needs and ...

, a foodstuff that forms the basic constituent of a diet *

Staple (fastener) A staple is a type of two-pronged fastener, usually metal, used for joining or binding materials together. Large staples might be used with a hammer or staple gun for masonry, roofing, corrugated boxes and other heavy-duty uses. Smaller stapl ...

, a small formed metal fastener **

Surgical staple Surgical staples are specialized staples used in surgery in place of sutures to close skin wounds or connect or remove parts of the bowels or lungs. The use of staples over sutures reduces the local inflammatory response, width of the wound, a ...

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 The Staple Singers were an American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group. Roebuck "Pops" Staples (December 28, 1914 – December 19, 2000), the patriarch of the family, formed the group with his children Cleotha (April 11, 1934 – February 21 ...

, an American gospel, soul and R&B singing group *''

The Staple Swingers ''The Staple Swingers'' is a soul album by the Staple Singers, released on June 15, 1971. It was the first Staple Singers album to be produced by Al Bell and recorded in Muscle Shoals. Pervis Staples was replaced by his sister Yvonne Staples pri ...

'', a 1971 soul album by the Staple Singers

Brands and enterprises

Merchants of the Staple The Company of Merchants of the Staple of England, the Merchants of the Staple, also known as the Merchant Staplers, is an English company incorporated by Royal Charter in 1319 (and so the oldest mercantile corporation in England) dealing in wool, ...

, an English company which controlled the export of wool to the continent during the late medieval period *

Staple Design Staple Design is a visual communications agency based in New York City and founded in 1997 by Jeff Staple (born Jeff Ng). It has three main divisions: a clothing collection, a creative agency, and a retail store. Staple Pigeon is a full lifest ...

, a visual communications agency

Fibers

* Staple (textiles), the raw material of fiber from which textiles are made *

Staple (wool) A wool staple is a cluster or lock of wool fibres and not a single fibre. For Staple (textiles), other textiles, the staple, having evolved from its usage with wool, is a measure of the quality of the fibre with regard to its length or fineness. ...

, wool fibers that naturally form themselves into locks

Places

Staple, Kent Staple is a village and civil parish in east Kent, England. The village lies southwest of the nearby village of Ash and the town of Sandwich, and east of Canterbury. History The village is west of the Bronze Age site at Ringlemere and east of ...

, a village in Kent, England near Sandwich ** Staple railway station, serving the village of Staple *

Staple, Nord Staple () is a commune in the Nord department in the region of Hauts-de-France in northern France. Heraldry See also *Communes of the Nord department The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republi ...

, 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 Staple Fitzpaine is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated south of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district. The village has a population of 189 and is within the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. ...

, 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 The Ordinance of the Staple was an ordinance issued in the Great Council in October 1353. It aimed to regularise the status of staple ports in England, Wales, and Ireland. In particular, it designated particular ports where specific goods could ...

, 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 The term staple financing describes a form of investment bank Investment is the dedication of money to purchase of an asset to attain an increase in value over a period of time. Investment requires a sacrifice of some present asset, such as ti ...

, a form of financing package offered to potential bidders during an acquisition * Staple Inn, in London, England, the last surviving Inn of Chancery