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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Eye-splice

· Eye·-splice · IPA
01 n. A splice formed by bending a rope's end back, and fastening it into the rope, forming a loop or eye. See Illust. under Splice.
  1. 1.
    A splice formed by bending a rope's end back, and fastening it into the rope, forming a loop or eye. See Illust. under Splice.(Naut.) See: Splice