splints
noun
- 1
An inferior kind of cannel coal from Scottish collieries, having a slaty structure.
noun
- 1
A narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a larger piece.
- 2
A dental device applied consequent to undergoing orthodontia.
- 3
A device to immobilize a body part.
- 4
A segment of armour consisting of a narrow overlapping plate.
- 5
A bone found on either side of a horse's cannon bone; the second or fourth metacarpal (forelimb) or metatarsal (hindlimb) bone.
- 6
A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence.
verb
- 1
To apply a splint to; to fasten with splints.
- 2
To support one's abdomen with hands or a pillow before attempting to cough.
- 3
To split into thin, slender pieces; to splinter.
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