tapeline

Example Sentences

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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.

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 Nichols, Henry Hobart

I'll borrow dad's big tapeline to measure off the other bases, and the grand stand can go here.

From A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life by Seely, Herman Gastrell

"Let's get father's tapeline and measure it," said Frank.

From Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3) by Parker, Francis W. (Francis Wayland)

At last he stopped, and took a tapeline from his pocket.

From The Face and the Mask by Barr, Robert

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 Braden, James A. (James Andrew)