tape \tape\, n. as. taeppe 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.
      1913 webster

   2. a tapeline; also, a metallic ribbon so marked as to serve
      as a tapeline; as, a steel tape.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
tapestry tippet red tape red tape grass vallisneria spiralis 
fresh-water eelgrass wild celery tape needle bodkin