A splint is something that's used to keep a person's arm or leg straight and immobile while a broken bone is healing. If you break your wrist, you may need to wear a splint for a while.
A piece split off; a splinter.
Noun
an orthopedic mechanical device used to immobilize and protect a part of the body (as a broken leg)
Noun
a thin sliver of wood; "he lit the fire with a burning splint"
Verb
support with a splint; "splint a broken finger"
v. t.
A piece split off; a splinter.
v. t.
A thin piece of wood, or other substance, used to keep
in place, or protect, an injured part, especially a broken bone when
set.
v. t.
A splint bone.
v. t.
A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or
hard excrescence.
v. t.
One of the small plates of metal used in making splint
armor. See Splint armor, below.
v. t.
Splint, or splent, coal. See Splent coal, under Splent.
v. t.
To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to
splinter; to shiver.
v. t.
To fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See
Splint, n., 2.
Splint
The knees and feet were defended by splints, or thin plates of steel.6.
Splint
A piece split off; a splinter.
To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver
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