staplel (stapl)

[ G. stapel ), a pile, staple, stocks, = OHG. staffal, staphal, MHG. staffel, stapfel, G. staffel, a step, Sw. stapel, a pile, heap, stocks, Dan. stabel, a pile, stack, stocks (on which a ship is built), hinge), IMG:content-1994.png:[blocks in formation] 3. In founding, a piece of nail-iron with a flat disk riveted to the head, and pointed below, used in a mold to hold a core in position. E. H. Knight.-4. Of a lock, same as box2, 13.-5. In musical instruments of the oboe cla , the metallic tube to which the reeds are fastened, and through which the tone is conveyed from them into the wooden body of the instrument. - 6. In coal - mining, a shallow shaft within a mine. [North. Eng.]-Seizin by hasp and staple. See hasp. -Staple of a pre , the frame or uprights of a hand printing-pre . C. T. Jacobi, Printers' Vocab. staplel (stā'pl), v. t.; pret. and pp. stapled, ppr. stapling. [ staple1, n.] To support, attach, or fix by means of a staple or staples. Elect. Rev., XVI. 5.