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