Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tape \Tape\, n. [AS. t[ae]ppe 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}, n., 4.