tape ***
tapeline
tape measure

Light itself can be used as a sort of tape measure.

I take a 30-foot tape measure and stand outside the house, going around the perimeter.

Here, take this end of the tape measure, and we'll see what you've got.

Six hours before his competition began, he was on the Garden floor with a tape measure.

You place the tape measure from one end of the tire to the other across the center.

She hands him one end of the tape measure and walks it back to the other wall.

But it's not like the health department is out there with a tape measure anymore.

There are some places you don't want to go with a tape measure.

"Anyone who wants to bring along their tape measure can do it."

Let it out again when she saw that the metal in his hand was a tape measure.