Adhesive tape


cotton or other fabric coated with an adhesive substance, used for covering minor injuries on the skin, holding a bandage in place, etc.
Historical Examples

Nat finished dressing the cut, smoothed down the ends of the adhesive tape, and stood back.
The Fortune Hunter Louis Joseph Vance

The turnbuckles must now be generously greased, and served round with adhesive tape.
The Aeroplane Speaks H. Barber

He opened the kit, hoping that it contained something equivalent to adhesive tape.
The Highest Treason Randall Garrett

Opening the bag, he produced bandages, adhesive tape, a pair of surgical scissors and a large tube of salve.
Dorothy Dixon Wins Her Wings Dorothy Wayne

A touch of solder will prevent trouble from oxidation, after the adhesive tape has been wrapped on.
Electric Gas Lighting Norman H. Schneider

The glass of the compass got broken one night, and we contrived to mend it with adhesive tape from the medicine-chest.
South! Sir Ernest Shackleton

With a practiced hand she wound strips of gauze and adhesive tape about the ankle.
Behind the Green Door Mildred A. Wirt

Be careful to insulate the winding well and, to insure mechanical protection, place a layer of adhesive tape outside.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 Various

In the afternoon they had less trouble, for an Italian family near by showed them how to wrap their fingers with adhesive tape.
Across the Fruited Plain Florence Crannell Means

He pressed a pad of gauze against the wound, and secured it with adhesive tape.
Shelled by an Unseen Foe James Fiske

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