noun

• A piece of cloth tape bearing the name of a person, fixed to a garment of theirs to identify it.

  ‘Our military leaders couldn't decide whether name tapes should be sewn straight across the jungle fatigue shirt or slanted over the pockets.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘No need to play it, just watch it - it's brilliant for passing the hours when, in the middle of your life, you find that you have a lot of name tapes to sew on.’
  • ‘None of them wore name tapes on the uniform, none wore rank insignia.’
  • ‘And so I pontificated for six weeks until, precisely 12 hours before the Munchkin was due to skip merrily through the school gates, I found myself furiously ironing name tapes into the back of gym shorts.’
  • ‘The Cold War saw starched olive green - 107 fatigues, with name tapes and US ARMY added by 1954.’