Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tapeline"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tapeline \Tape"line`\, n.
A painted tape, marked with linear dimensions, as inches,
feet, etc., and often inclosed in a case, -- used for
measuring.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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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