tapeline

2 definitions found

tapeline - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

tapeline - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  tapeline
      n 1: 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, tapeline, tape measure]