splicer

American  

[splahy-ser] / ˈsplaɪ sər /

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.

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Etymology

Origin of splicer

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

Example Sentences

A player must work through five primary missions and uncover the secrets of the Iron Lords while protecting Earth from the burgeoning Splicer threat.

From Washington Times • Oct. 16, 2016

The telegraph office is shut now, but we’ll wake Mr Splicer up early, and have mamma under weigh by midday.

From The Master of the Shell by Reed, Talbot Baines

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

From The Master of the Shell by Reed, Talbot Baines