gaffer tape 
noun [mass noun]
Strong cloth-backed waterproof adhesive tape.But a damning national newspaper headline and a spot of tape - gaffer tape, naturally - was all he needed in the dressing room to gear the Clarets up for the cup....
- Mr King said: ‘She turned up on her first day wearing these waterproofs she had made herself that were held together with gaffer tape.’
- He once heard gaffer tape pulled behind him in a TV studio before doing an interview, and went cold.