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splint definition

splint (splint)

noun

  1. a thin strip of wood or cane woven together with others to make baskets, chair seats, etc.
  2. a thin strip of metal used in overlapping construction with others to make medieval armor
  3. a thin, rigid strip of wood, metal, etc. set along a broken bone to keep the pieces in place or used to keep a part of the body in a fixed position
  4. a bony growth or tumor on the cannon bone of a horse, mule, etc.

Etymology: ME splente < MDu or MLowG splinte: for IE base see split

transitive verb

to fit, support, or hold in place with or as with a splint or splints

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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