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单词 wool-staple
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wool-staplen.1

Brit. /ˈwʊlˌsteɪpl/, U.S. /ˈwʊlˌsteɪp(ə)l/
Etymology: staple n.2
A market appointed for the sale of wool.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > trading place > a centre of commerce > [noun] > town or country which is principal market > for specific goods
wool-staple1593
1593 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Middlesex (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.
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1656 (1955) III. 177 The pinacle of one of their Wool-staple houses.
1751 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer at Sandwich The wool-staple was removed hither from Queenborough, in the R. of Rich. II.

Derivatives

ˈwool-ˌstapler n. [stapler n.1 2] a merchant who buys wool from the producer, grades it, and sells it to the manufacturer.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in textiles, clothing, or yarns
mercerc1230
clothier1362
draper1362
woolman1390
yarn-chopper1429
line-draper1436
Welsh drapera1525
telerc1540
purple-seller1547
linen-draper1549
staplera1552
silkman1553
woollen-draper1554
wool-driver1555
woolster1577
linener1616
woolner1619
linen-man1631
ragman1649
rag merchant1665
slop-seller1665
bodice-seller1672
piece-broker1697
wool-stapler1709
cloth-man1723
Manchester-man1755
fleece-merchanta1774
rag dealer1777
man's mercer1789
keelman1821
man-mercer1837
cotton-broker1849
slopper1854
shoddyite1865
costumier1886
cotton-man1906
1709 London Gaz. No. 4529/3 Eden Hardy,..Bermondsey,.. Woollstapler.
1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 160 The matted fleeces supplied by the wool-stapler.
1897 ‘Ouida’ Massarenes xlviii An Australian wool-stapler.
ˈwool-ˌstapling n.
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society > trade and finance > specific types of trade > [noun] > trade in specific textiles
frippery1599
woolage1611
mercership1647
(the) Mercery1662
rag trade1745
hosiery1789
grey market1825
narrow-trade1827
costumer1830
linendrapery1849
wool-stapling1888
broad trade-
1888 T. W. Reid Life W. E. Forster I. 137 The wool-stapling business of James Fison and Son of Thetford.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

wool-staplen.2

Brit. /ˈwʊlˌsteɪpl/, U.S. /ˈwʊlˌsteɪp(ə)l/
Etymology: staple n.3
The staple of (a particular) wool.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [noun] > staple of
wool-staple1835
1835 A. Ure 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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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