Definition of splint Splint

/splɪˈnt/ - [splint] - splint

We found 21 definitions of splint from 5 different sources.

What does splint mean?

Noun Plural: splints
splint - an orthopedic mechanical device used to immobilize and protect a part of the body (as a broken leg)
		mechanical device mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles
splint - a thin sliver of wood; "he lit the fire with a burning splint"
Verb splints, splinting, splinted
splint - support with a splint; "splint a broken finger"
		care for, treat be fond of; be attached to
		practice of medicine, medicine the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"

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splint (Noun)
A narrow strip of wood split or peeled off of a larger piece.
splint (Noun)
A device to immobilize a body part.
splint (Noun)
A dental device applied consequent to undergoing orthodontia.
splint (Noun)
A segment of armor.
splint (Noun)
A bone found on either side of the horse's cannon bone ; second or fourth metacarpal forelimb or metatarsal hindlimb bone.
splint (Verb)
To apply a splint to; to fasten with splints.
splint (Verb)
To support one's abdomen with hands or a pillow before attempting to cough.
splint (Verb)
To split into thin, slender pieces; to splinter.

splint (v. t.)
A piece split off; a splinter.
splint (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.
splint (v. t.)
A splint bone.
splint (v. t.)
A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence.
splint (v. t.)
One of the small plates of metal used in making splint armor. See Splint armor, below.
splint (v. t.)
Splint, or splent, coal. See Splent coal, under Splent.
splint (v. t.)
To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver.
splint (v. t.)
To fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See Splint, n., 2.

splint
splint, n. a small piece of wood split off: a thin piece of padded wood, &c., for keeping a fractured limb in its proper position: a bony enlargement on the horse's leg, between the knee and the fetlock, usually appearing on the inside of one or both forelegs, frequently situated between the large and small canon bones, depending upon concussion—also Splent.—v.t. to confine with splints.—ns. Splint′age, use of splints; Splint′-arm′our, armour made of splints or narrow overlapping plates; Splint′-coal, cannel-coal of slaty structure; Splint′er, a piece of wood, &c., split off.—v.t. and v.i. to split into splinters.—ns. Splint′er-bar, the cross-bar of a coach, supporting the springs; Splint′er-bone, the fibula.—adjs. Splint′er-proof, proof against the splinters of bursting shells; Splint′ery, made of, or like, splinters: apt to splinter. [Sw. splint—splinta, to splinter; cf. Split.]