staple right
noun
: a right of forcing any passing vessel either to pay duty or to sell its cargo in the market place originally possessed by towns in the Netherlands and later introduced into the colony of New Netherland
Word History
Etymology
translation of Dutch stapelrecht
- half sweep
- half tester bed
- half the battle
- half the story
- half the time
- half tide
- half tint
- half title
- half twist
- half uncial
- half uncle
- half volley
- half Wellington
- half year
- half-a-crown
- half-and-half
- half-and-halfs
- half-ape
- half-armor
- half-ass
- half-assed
- half-asses
- half-assing
- half-baked
- half-ball stroke