Category:Tape

Tape, n. Etym: [as. tæppe a fillet. Cf. Tapestry, tippet.]

1. A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric Used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied with tape.

2. A tapeline; also, a metallic ribbon so marked as to serve as a Tapeline; as, a steel tape. Red tape. See under red. -- tape grass (bot.), a plant (vallisneria spiralis) with long Ribbonlike leaves, growing in fresh or brackish water; -- called also Fresh-water eelgrass, and, in maryland, wild celery. -- tape needle. See bodkin, n., 4.