stapple

English

Noun

stapple (plural stapples)

  1. (obsolete) The stem of a pipe.
    • 1895, Pipe and Pouch: The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry, page 15:
      Only give me, I pray, a good pipe of soft clay, / Nicely tapered and thin in the stapple; […]
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