name tape

name tape
noun
: firmly woven cotton tape with the name of a person interwoven or printed in linear series to be divided into single name-bearing segments for attachment to items (as garments) likely to require identification; also : one name-bearing section of such tape

sewed name tapes on all her underwear

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a fabric tape on which a person's name is written, woven, or printed: for affixing to garments and other personal belongings to identify ownership.
[1895-1900]

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name tape,
1. a cloth tape with a person's name woven or printed on it repeatedly, used for attaching each piece with a name on it on personal garments or other belongings for identification.
2. a piece cut off this tape for attachment to a garment.

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ˈname tape [name tape] noun
a small piece of cloth that is sewn or stuck onto a piece of clothing and that has the name of the owner on it

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