splicer

[ splahy-ser ]

noun

1. a device used to hold two sections of motion-picture film, recording tape, etc., in proper alignment while they are being spliced together.

Word History and Origins

Origin of splicer¹

First recorded in 1925–30; splice + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Participants train for jobs including line mechanics, cable splicer mechanics, helper transformer testers, meter technicians, and other roles that are essential to building and maintaining the city’s infrastructure.

From Washington Blade

One which hardly shows itself, from the neatness of the rope and the skill of the splicer.

From Project Gutenberg

It was an envelope slipped behind the bookcase, containing a bill from Splicer, the London cricket-bat-maker, dated a year ago.

From Project Gutenberg