splent

Noun

splint (plural splints)

1. A narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a larger piece.
   1. (West-Midlands, Cheshire) A splinter caught in the skin.
2. A dental device applied consequent to undergoing orthodontia.
3. A device to immobilize a body part.
   • [...] I saw in the white men's ward that little chap tossing on his back, with his arm in splints, and quite light-headed.1899 September – 1900 July, Joseph Conrad, chapter V, in Lord Jim: A Tale, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1900, →OCLC, pages 50–51
4. (historical) A segment of armour consisting of a narrow overlapping plate.
   • 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...1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter II, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 25
5. Synonym of splent coal.

   Synonyms:

   splent coal

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