tape-line

I set myself to the task with a tape-line; it seemed a dreary business; then I borrowed a prismatic compass, and tackled the task afresh.

Vailima Letters 2005

It pleases them even better than cutting it by a tape-line — though very few men of six feet high can measure off their own length with their outstretched arms.

A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004

With a tape-line with which to take some measurements, and a bit of board in place of a rule, his inexperienced colleague had soon accomplished the miracle.

Monsieur Lecoq �mile Gaboriau 2003

She produced a tape-line and made measurements, then she stood with the tip of her tongue touching her upper lip.

The Pleasant Street Partnership A Neighborhood Story Mary F. Leonard

After he had passed the tape-line around me several times, he informed the officer that I was the same size of John Robinson, who had been released from the penitentiary the day before.

The Twin Hells; a thrilling narrative of life in the Kansas and Missouri penitentiaries John N. Reynolds

Croyden produced the tape-line again, and they measured to the low bluff at the water's edge.

In Her Own Right John Reed Scott

"Next let us measure back eighty-five feet," said Croyden, producing a tape-line ....

In Her Own Right John Reed Scott

As he wished to be accurate, he had taken a tape-line, and began stretching it from the altar to the door.

The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX James De Mille

They seem to think you can determine every man's constitution and health by the tape-line; and that all exercises whose results are not determinable by measurement are worthless.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 Various

With a tape-line take the circumference of the chest when all the air possible has been expelled from the lungs.

Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Francis M. Walters