page_title: Staple (fastener)
section_title: Etymology
hierarchical_section_title: Staple (fastener) / Etymology
caption_attribution_description: English: Oldest definition I can find of "Staple" in the sense used in paper staplers and such.
context_page_description: 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 staples are used with a stapler to attach pieces of paper together; such staples are a more permanent and durable fastener for paper documents than the paper clip.
context_section_description: The word "staple" originated in the late thirteenth Century, from Old English stapol, meaning "post, pillar".  The word's first usage in the paper-fastening sense is attested from 1895.
caption: A 1775 definition of the English word staple
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