splicer

[ splahy-ser ]
/ ˈsplaɪ sər /

noun

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

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Origin of splicer

First recorded in 1925–30; splice + -er1

Words nearby splicer

splenorrhaphy, splenotomy, splenotoxin, spleuchan, splice, splicer, splicing, spliff, spline, splint, splint bone
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Example sentences from the Web for splicer

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

    The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth

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

    The Master of the Shell|Talbot Baines Reed