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ˈeye-splice
[f. eye n.1 + splice n.]
A splice made by turning up the end of a rope, and interlacing its strands with those of the upper part.
1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1789) N n, The eye-splice being intended to make a sort of eye..at the end of a rope. 1851H. Melville Whale lx. 312 Both ends of the line are exposed; the lower end terminating in an eye-splice, or loop. 1867in Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 284. |
