splint

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English splint, splent, splente, from Middle Low German splinte, splente or Middle Dutch splint, splinte. Cognate with Old High German splinza (“bar, bolt, latch”). All ultimately from Proto-Germanic *splintǭ, *splintō (“piece of wood, splinter”), from Proto-Germanic *splint-, *splind- (“to split”), from a nasalized form of *splītaną (“to split”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pley- (“to split, splice”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /splɪnt/ Rhymes: -ɪnt === Noun === splint (plural splints) A narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a larger piece. (Cheshire, West Midlands) A splinter caught in the skin. (dentistry) A dental device applied consequent to undergoing orthodontia. (medicine) A device to immobilize a body part. (military, historical) A segment of armour consisting of a narrow overlapping plate. (mining) Synonym of splent coal. (zootomy) A bone found on either side of a horse's cannon bone; the second or fourth metacarpal (forelimb) or metatarsal (hindlimb) bone. (zootomy, veterinary medicine) A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence. ==== Usage notes ==== For a horse to pop a splint is for it to receive an injury to the splint bone or surrounding area. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === splint (third-person singular simple present splints, present participle splinting, simple past and past participle splinted) (transitive) To apply a splint to; to fasten with splints. To support one's abdomen with hands or a pillow before attempting to cough. To press fingers against the vaginal wall to ease defecation. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To split into thin, slender pieces; to splinter. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === == Swedish == === Noun === splint c sapwood Synonyms: splintved, vitved, ytved ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== kärnved (“heartwood”) === References === “splint”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “splint”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)