gaffer tape

English

Matte black gaffer tape

Alternative forms

• gaffer's tape, gaffers tape

Etymology

From gaffer (“lighting electrician”) + tape.

Noun

gaffer tape (countable and uncountable, plural gaffer tapes)

1. A sturdy adhesive tape, made of plastic reinforced with cross-linked fibre, often used by stage lighting electricians.

Coordinate terms

• duct tape
• duck tape
• gaff tape
• gray tape

Translations

sturdy adhesive tape

• Bulgarian: изолирбанд m (izolirband)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (informal) 膠布／胶布 (zh) (jiāobù), (specialised terms) 電器膠帶／电器胶带 (diànqì jiāodài), 絕緣膠帶／绝缘胶带 (juéyuán jiāodài)

• Finnish: roudarinteippi (fi)
• Hungarian: szigetelőszalag (hu)
• Russian: изолента (ru) (izolenta)
• Swedish: gaffatejp c