Splint

Definitions

1. A narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a larger piece.
2. A splinter caught in the skin.
   West-Midlands
3. A dental device applied consequent to undergoing orthodontia.
4. A device to immobilize a body part.
5. A segment of armour consisting of a narrow overlapping plate.
   historical
6. Synonym of splent coal.
7. A bone found on either side of a horse's cannon bone; the second or fourth metacarpal (forelimb) or metatarsal (hindlimb) bone.
8. A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence.

Equivalents

Examples

“[...] 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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