Splint

/splɪnt/ · noun

Meaning

A narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a larger piece..

Definitions by Sense

1. A narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a larger piece.
2. (dentistry) A dental device applied consequent to undergoing orthodontia.
3. (medicine) A device to immobilize a body part.
4. (military, historical) A segment of armour consisting of a narrow overlapping plate.
5. (mining) Synonym of splent coal.
6. (zootomy) A bone found on either side of a horse's cannon bone; the second or fourth metacarpal (forelimb) or metatarsal (hindlimb) bone.
7. (zootomy, veterinary medicine) A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence.
8. (transitive) To apply a splint to; to fasten with splints.

Example Sentences

[...] I saw in the white men's ward that little chap tossing on his back, with his arm in splints, and quite light-headed.

The fore-part of his thighs, where the folds of his mantle permitted them to be seen, were also covered with linked mail; the knees and feet were defended by splints, or thin plates of steel, ingeniously jointed upon each other; and mail hose, reaching from the ancle to the knee, effectually protected the legs, and completed the rider's defensive armour.

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• splints
• splinting
• splinted

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