0 sticky paper in a long roll that is used especially when painting to protect the edges of an area that you do not want to be painted
1 a narrow strip or roll of light brown, sticky material that is used esp. when painting, to cover surfaces on which you do not intend to paint
The cocoon was covered with shrink-wrapped plastic, and wrapped with masking tape to form the spool.
The chamber was sealed with masking tape to sheets of polyethylene placed beneath the pots.
Waveforms are drawn freehand onto this paper (these are still in place) and then traced, or marked out with masking tape, onto transparent, sprocketed loops of 35 mm film.
The film registers the apparition, deapparition and transformation of figures made out of newspaper and masking tape.
Other users simply use the heated build platform and print on a layer of masking tape (specifically blue painters tape) or kapton tape.
Drafting tape looks similar to ordinary household masking tape, but has a lower tack.
The built-up paint edge tracing the outline of masking tape and the ripped paper left behind give witness to the process of creation.
After it was dry he put strips of masking tape on the body and painted it white.