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n. A tape with marks at regular intervals, used for measuring lengths.
Usage examples of "measuring tape".
I wonder he didn't send the secretary round with a measuring tape.
Maria Reiche, who has been working on the preservation, measurement and interpretation of the drawings since 1946 and was the first person to prepare field sketches with measuring tape and sextant of the triangles, rectangles, straight lines and numerous animal figures, found out later why the ground above the Ingenio valley was more suitable than any other for making clearly recognisable markings that would survive the centuries.
A woman in her early thirties was pulling on a sweater while an older woman in her fifties, measuring tape around her neck, looked on.
Dont touch your lip, Warder said, pulling the measuring tape from around her neck.
She steadied herself by thinking of what her father would say to her - what he would do to her - if he found that she had gotten his measuring tape all bloody.
She shifted on the ladder again, gave him her back and pulled out her measuring tape.
Bringing out a measuring tape, he measured the length of Poul's sleeve.
Well, this is where we start on Turret Four, and here's your chalk and measuring tape.
Taylor came at the very end of visiting hours, carrying a measuring tape.
He had seen the chief inspector measuring the monstrosity, using a tightly wound measuring tape in a metal container, which could be released and sprung by pressing a button and which he carried in his pocket.
De Gier knew that he carried the measuring tape at all times, for the pocket of his tailor-made expensive suit bulged.
Pedro Luz had become worried when his security-guard uniform had gotten baggy in the crotch, so every night he took a measuring tape and checked his equipment.