Tape \Tape\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Taped; p. pr. & vb. n. Taping.]

To furnish with tape; to fasten, tie, bind, or the like, with tape; specif. (Elec.), to cover (a wire) with insulating tape.

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)