wool stapler

noun

1. a dealer in wool.

2. a person who sorts wool, according to the staple or fiber.

wool stapler

noun

1. a person who sorts wool into different grades or classifications

Other Word Forms

• wool-stapling noun
• woolstapling adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of wool stapler¹

First recorded in 1700–10

Example Sentences

I have been a business man from my youth up; I began with a pack on my back; then I became a wool stapler, and lastly a money lender.

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"The daughter of a wool stapler, one Martin Holt, foster brother to my venerated father, the third Earl of Andover," said Lady Frances, quietly.

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Was not Virgil the son of a porter, Horace of a shopkeeper, Demosthenes of a cutler, Milton of a money scrivener, Shakespeare of a wool stapler, and Cromwell of a brewer?

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Finest of all, perhaps, are the brasses of the wool staplers, with feet resting on woolpack or sheep; but there are many other merchants too.

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"A wool stapler!" muttered Kate, with a slight pout of her pretty lips.

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