splice
verb (used with object)
to join together or unite (two ropes or parts of a rope) by the interweaving of strands.
had been splicing
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past perfect progressiveof splice.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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"Here, sir," cried Desmond, starting up from the place where, in Bulger's company, he had been splicing a rope.
From In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India by Herbert Strang
"Thyse and no higher, my Bo," answered the pilot sturdily: he had been splicing the main brace, and would have answered an admiral.
From Hard Cash by Charles Reade
