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

There’s a big orbic structure in the background that’s meant to look like an atom splicer.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2018

Now 60, Mr. DiNapoli was raised in Albertson, on Long Island, where his father climbed telephone poles working as a cable splicer.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2014

One worker, Anthony Fenwick, a distribution splicer, called 311.

From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2012

Hence, in the cutting room at judgment day, the film editors may include a Douay man, a King James man, a Revised Standard splicer, and so on.

From Time Magazine Archive

For years he was a high-voltage cable splicer, a job he loved because it meant working outdoors with plenty of freedom and overtime pay.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times