stapling

American

[stey-pling] / ˈsteɪ plɪŋ /

noun

Shipbuilding.

a collar formed of angle iron surrounding a structural member passing through a deck or bulkhead to make a seal that is watertight, oiltight, etc.

Etymology

Origin of stapling

staple ¹ + -ing ¹

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stapling

Through a technique known as peptide stapling, the research team modified the B-chain of relaxin-3, replacing blocks of amino acids within them with artificial ones that introduce 'chemical bridges' between them.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2024

Everybody laughs, including Stewart, who continues stapling until the chair seat's ugliness is snugly disguised.

From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2024

Gilbert and Jaime produced their first issue themselves, printing pages and stapling them together by hand.

From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2022

More than a hundred Seattle educators gathered on Labor Day at Judkins Park, stapling and taping signs to wooden pickets in preparation for a potential strike.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2022

He stared at it briefly, then inserted his four-year-old letter in the middle pages, where the stapling in a manuscript is tightest.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

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