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Webster 1913 Edition

Tape

Tape

,
Noun.
[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
,
Noun.
, 4.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tape

TAPE

,
Noun.
A narrow fillet or band; a narrow piece of woven work, used for strings and the like; as curtains tied with tape.

Definition 2024

tápe

tápe

See also: tape and tapé

Pijao

Noun

tápe

  1. stone

References

  • The Languages of the Andes (2004, Willem F. H. Adelaar, Pieter C. Muysken)

Etymology

Probably from a Carib source; compare Galibi Carib topu ‎(“stone”).

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