backsplice

American  

[bak-splahys] / ˈbækˌsplaɪs /

noun

1. a knot for finishing a rope end neatly, beginning with a crown and proceeding in a series of tucks, each strand over the first adjoining strand and under the next, the strands being split in half at each tuck.

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verb (used with object)

backspliced, backsplicing

1. to make a backsplice in (a rope end).

Etymology

Origin of backsplice

back ² + splice