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insulating tape

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noun

  1. US and Canadian name: friction tape. adhesive tape, impregnated with a moisture-repelling substance, used to insulate exposed electrical conductors

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Amir grew up playing cricket with "tape-balls" - tennis balls wrapped tightly with insulating tape.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2011

It's because the, you know, the one with the insulating tape round his ears who used to play for… Leicester was it?

From The Guardian ● Mar. 26, 2010

Always carry a roll of insulating tape, or on a pinch bicycle tire-tape will do very well.

From Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile Being a Desultory Narrative of a Trip Through New England, New York, Canada, and the West, By "Chauffeur" by Arthur Jerome Eddy

Cleaning this off and protecting the binding parts with insulating tape we managed to get on, the spark being by no means strong, and the reserve battery for some reason weak.

From Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile Being a Desultory Narrative of a Trip Through New England, New York, Canada, and the West, By "Chauffeur" by Arthur Jerome Eddy

Finally he had to use On his feet a pair of shoes Of a most peculiar shape Made of insulating tape.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-12 by Sir Owen Seaman

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