pleissi — meaning in English

English meaning

• crown noun An ornamental headpiece worn by a monarch as a symbol of royal power.
• splice noun A join made by weaving or overlapping two ends of rope, cable, or similar material.

Senses

pleissi is used for these senses in English:

• crown (nautical) A knot formed in the end of a rope by tucking in the strands to prevent them from unravelling.
• splice (nautical) A junction or joining of ropes made by splicing them together.
• wall knot A knot made by untwisting the strands of a rope, and making a bight with the first strand, then passing the second over the end of the first, and the third over the end of the second and through the bight of the first.

crown — full definition

1. noun An ornamental headpiece worn by a monarch as a symbol of royal power.
2. noun The topmost part of something, such as the head, a hat, or a hill.
3. noun An artificial cap fitted over a damaged tooth.
4. verb To formally place a crown on someone, making them monarch.
5. verb To form the finishing, topmost achievement of something.

splice — full definition

1. noun A join made by weaving or overlapping two ends of rope, cable, or similar material.
2. verb To join two lengths of rope, film, wire, or similar material together.
3. verb In genetics, to remove non-coding sections from RNA and join the remaining pieces together.

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