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Dictionary Results For "tapeline" [?]/[OPML]
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English

Etymology

tape + line

Noun

  1. A line of lightweight plastic put up around a crime scene bearing words such as "Police Line - Do not cross."
  2. In the Context of A tape measure.
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tapeline \Tape"line`\, n.
A painted tape, marked with linear dimensions, as inches,
feet, etc., and often inclosed in a case, -- used for
measuring.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet tapeline
n : measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or
metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for
measuring lengths; "the carpenter should have used his
tape measure" [syn: tape, tape measure]
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