(nautical) A junction or joining of ropes made by splicing them together. / (electrical) The electrical and mechanical connection between two pieces of wire or cable.

To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.

simple past tense and past participle of splice

plural of splice

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of splice

The act by which things are spliced. / The point at which two things are spliced.

present participle of splice

plural of splicing

(idiomatic, nautical) About to be married.

(nautical) Two ropes spliced together to form an eye which lies shut when taut.