eye splice
noun
: a splice formed by bending a rope's end back and splicing it into the rope so that a loop is formed
Word History
First Known Use
1769, in the meaning defined above
- Hippiospongia
- hippish
- hippity-hop
- hippity-hoppity
- hipple
- hippo
- hippo regius
- hippo-
- hippoboscae
- hippoboscas
- hippoboscidaes
- hippoboscides
- hippoboscids
- hippocamp
- hippocampal
- hippocampi
- hippocampine
- hippocampus
- hippocampuses
- hippocampusses
- Hippocastanaceae
- hippocastanaceaes
- hippocentaur
- hippocentaurs
- hippocras