Usage examples (9)

• In long-staple wool the amount of yolk is comparatively small.
• In commerce, however, the fleeces are commonly graded as "long-staple,"
• The English long-staple wools are largely made into worsted cloth, the Scotch cheviot into tweeds, and the French into the best dress cloth.
• In contrast to the long-staple or sea-island variety, the lint stuck so tenaciously to the short-fiber seed that only a few ounces a day could be separated by hand.