Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Tape

Tape , noun

[Anglo-Saxon tappe a fillet. Compare 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.
Collocations (3)
Red tape , See under Red.
Tape grass (Botany) , 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.

Tape , transitive verb

1.
(Electricity) To furnish with tape; to fasten, tie, bind, or the like, with tape;
(Electricity) to cover (a wire) with insulating tape.
2.
to record on audio tape or video tape; -- either directly, at the scene of the action tape, or indirectly, as from a broadcast of the action.
I was busy when that episode was on TV, but I taped it and watched it later.