Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stapling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Staple \Sta"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {stapled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{stapling}.]
To sort according to its staple; as, to staple cotton.
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