[f. SPLICE v. + -ER.] 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, I. 86. A real splicer in aspect down to such minutiæ as the hang of his arms and the curl of his fingers as he walked.
