splicer
(ˈsplaɪsə(r))
[f. splice v. + -er.]
1. One who splices ropes, etc.
| 1840 R. H. Dana Bef. Mast xxv, There was only one ‘splicer’ on board, a fine-looking old tar. 1881 Instr. Census Clerks (1885) 64 Woollen Cloth Manufacture:..Spinner...Splicer. 1889 Clark Russell Marooned (1890) 32 A real splicer in aspect. |
2. a. A tool or implement used in splicing.
| 1923 J. H. Cook Fifty Years on Old Frontier 114 A wire cutter, splicer, and staple-puller combined. |
b. A mechanical device used to splice film or tape.
| 1927 E. G. Lutz Motion-Picture Cameraman xi. 243 (caption) B. & H. 16 mm. rewinder and splicer. 1931 Wilkinson & Reis in L. Cowan Recording Sound for Motion Pictures xiv. 202 A diagonal splicer has been evolved to produce a silent splice. 1953 K. Reisz Technique Film Editing 274 The two reels, one of sound track, one of picture, both provisionally held together by paper clips, are joined on a splicer. 1978 G. McDonald Fletch's Fortune xxx. 201 ‘I need one of those cassette tape recorders. You know, with a tape splicer. I need to splice some tape.’ ‘Mine doesn't have a splicer.’ |