n.
- a strip of rigid material for supporting a broken bone when it has been set.
- a long, thin strip of wood used in basketwork or to light a fire.
- a bony enlargement on the inside of a horse's leg, on the splint bone.
v.
secure with a splint or splints.
Etymology
ME (also denoting a section of armour): from MDu., Mid. Low Ger. splinte ‘metal plate or pin’; rel. to splinter.