Buttonhole tape

Buttonhole tape is a broad elastic tape with buttonholes located in the center. 

Eyelet l-bt [alter, of ME oilet, fr. MF oillet, dim. of oil eye, fr. L oculus] (14c) n. (1) A series of small holes made to receive a string or tape. A buttonhole stitch is worked around the holes. (2) A type of yarn guide used on a creel. (3) A fabric style with areas of cut-outs surrounded by stitching. Complete textile glossary. Cela-nese Corporation, New York. 

My son s early model Speak Spell had given him what seemed to be hundreds of hours of enjoyment when one day the enter key broke off at its plastic hinge. But since Stephen could still fit his small finger into the buttonhole to activate the switch, he continued to enjoy the smart, if disfigured, toy. Soon thereafter, however, the E key snapped off, and soon the T and O keys followed suit. Although he continued to use the toy, its keyboard soon became a maze of missing letters and, for those that were saved from the vacuum cleaner, taped-on buttons. 

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