In long-staple wool the amount of yolk is comparatively small.    From Wordnik.com.  [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference

In commerce, however, the fleeces are commonly graded as "long-staple,".    From Wordnik.com.  [Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges] Reference

The English long-staple wools are largely made into worsted cloth, the Scotch cheviot into tweeds, and the French into the best dress cloth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges] Reference

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.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mises Institute Daily Articles (Full-text version)] Reference

In long-staple wools the fibres are from four to eight inches long; they are more easily separated by a process much like combing, and are therefore called "combing" wools.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges] Reference

The cotswold, cheviot, and most of the wools of the British Isles are of this kind; indeed, in fairly moist lowland regions such as Canada and the United States, there is a tendency toward the development of a long-staple product.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges] Reference

It engages, moreover, to establish on the long-staple cottons of the United States which after the exchange of the ratifications of the present convention shall be brought directly thence to France by the vessels of the United States or by.    From Wordnik.com.  [State of the Union Address] Reference

Wolf-like under his sheep’s clothing of long-staple Australian wool, he considered the world of pleasure — the incorruptible.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tender is the Night] Reference

Pima long-staple.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert] Reference