/bak"spluys'/ , n. , v. , backspliced, backsplicing .
n.
1. a knot for finishing a rope end neatly, beginning with a crown and proceeding in a series of tucks, each strand over the first adjoining strand and under the next, the strands being split in half at each tuck.
v.t.
2. to make a backsplice in (a rope end).
[ BACK 2 + SPLICE ]