Long, thin, flexible measuring tools used by tailors and dressmakers.
Tapelines are helpful for making clothes that fit just right.
Examples:
The tailor used a tapeline to measure the length of the fabric.
She used a tapeline to measure the size of the dress.
The tapeline is long and thin.
The tapeline helps the tailor make clothes that fit perfectly.
The tapeline is the tailor's best friend.
The tapeline is as long as a snake.