ゴールテープ

noun

finish line tape

Refers to the physical tape stretched across the finish line in a race, which the winner breaks. Wasei-eigo from English 'goal tape'.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from goal tape

• マラソンの選せん手しゅがゴールテープを切きった。

  The marathon runner broke the finish line tape.

• ゴールテープが風かぜで揺ゆれている。

  The finish line tape is fluttering in the wind.