Sentence:  Although the <WSD>tape</WSD> was run for over 1 hr. , a steady state was not reached , and it was concluded that the reason for this was that the back pressure of the manometer was built up from the material fed from between the blocks and this was available at a very slow rate . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening