tape out

English - English

Definition of tape out in English English dictionary

Of a piece of land, to measure out so as to be able to accurately fire upon it

Tracks made of wooden slabs fastened together were the only roads by which men and pack-mules could cross this quagmire, and each of these ways became taped out by the enemy's artillery, and very perilous.

Turkish pronunciation

teyp aut

Pronunciation

/ˈtāp ˈout/ /ˈteɪp ˈaʊt/

Etymology

[ 'tAp ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English tæppe.