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splicer

splicer

1 7.7
A person who joins ropes or cables by weaving their strands together
  • noun
  • /ˈsplaɪsər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : empalmador
  • Each has an assistant who is training to be a splicer, helping to interweave strands of different cables.
  • a cable splicer
  • a line splicer

Examples

  • After they made the electrical connection, the splicers rewove the load-carrying steel cable in an operation that resembled making a macramé basket.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Martin, who's a splicer for the phone company, works on connecting cables to ensure service is stable.

  • You can also just use those snap-on splicers, wire jumper things if you don't want to cut your factory wires.

    Blog text (24)

  • Peter Adams, a telephone line splicer for FairPoint Communications, carefully joins two wires from a bucket truck.

Synonyms

braider
vssplicer
1 3.5

A person who crosses strands of hair or fabric to make a woven pattern

joins rope and cable strands to make a strong continuous connection

How Skilled

splicer
  • Specialized
1 7.7
roper
1 8.6
helper
79 1.0

Surface Forms

splicer singular
splicers plural

Morphology

splicer = splice (transparent) = splice + er

Clear agentive formation: a worker who performs splicing of ropes or cables.

Etymology

Splicer comes from the verb splice ('to join ropes by weaving their strands') plus the ending -er ('one who does something'). Sailors first used splice for rope work, so a splicer is a person who joins ropes or cables by weaving them together.