tapeline
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What consolation radiated from her thimble, what encouragement even in the sight of her tapeline!
From Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland by Multatuli
These facts Tom ascertained with the use of a small tapeline which he carried in his pocket.
From Around the World in Ten Days by Chelsea Curtis Fraser
"Let's get father's tapeline and measure it," said Frank.
From Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3) by Francis W. (Francis Wayland) Parker
Upon the original outline were then drawn all such details as coping stones, chimneys, trapdoors, etc., the tapeline being used where necessary to establish positions.
From A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228 by Henry Hobart Nichols
Either the two lads had measured or counted wrong in their advance with the tapeline or, as Phil concluded, the distance was only approximate.
From The Auto Boys' Vacation by James A. (James Andrew) Braden
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