I took care as I did so to notch both the splices, so that I might be able to put them together again in the exact place where they had been while making the measurement.
"The Boy Tar"
Mayne Reid
I was taught many things, such as knots and splices, heaving the lead, the names of the ropes, and was sent aloft when I had become accustomed to the vessel.
"In the Yellow Sea"
Henry Frith
Cut her back to here and make splices.
"New Apples in the Garden"
Kris Ottman Neville