staple
A town containing merchants who have exclusive right, under royal authority, to purchase or produce certain goods for export; also, the body of such merchants seen as a group.
Other meanings
Place of supply; source.
The principal commodity produced in a town or region.
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "stapula".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “staple” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.