Definition of "tapeline" [tape•line]

• See tape measure. (noun)

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• "Everybody seemed to draw a long breath, as they kept their eyes on that point of the distant road where the first runner would make his appearance, turn aside, and head across the field for the final tapeline."
• "These facts Tom ascertained with the use of a small tapeline which he carried in his pocket."
• "In the earlier work the lines of the walls, so far as they could be determined, were run with a compass and tapeline and gone over with a level."