Obs. [OF. estaple: see prec. and STAPLE.] A market. Estaple of Calais: the market held there for the sale of English wool.
1550. J. Coke, Eng. & Fr. Heralds (1877), 115. The ryght worshypful company of marchauntes adventurers, and the famous felyshyp of the Estaple of Calais.
