splint
/splɪnt/
splint noun: a narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a larger piece.
Noun
splint (plural splints)
- A narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a larger piece.
- A splinter caught in the skin.
- A dental device applied consequent to undergoing orthodontia.
- 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
- 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
- Synonym of splent coal.
- Synonyms:
- splent coal
- A bone found on either side of a horse's cannon bone; the second or fourth metacarpal (forelimb) or metatarsal (hindlimb) bone.
- A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence.
Verb
splint (third-person singular simple present splints, present participle splinting, simple past and past participle splinted)
- 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.
- To split into thin, slender pieces; to splinter.
splint meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Bengali and Malayalam
splint in Tamil
- பிளாச்சு, மூங்கில் சிம்பு, எலும்பு இணைப்புக் கம்பி, எலும்பு முறிவு சரிசெய் முங்கில், சிம்பு, மட்டை
splint in Marathi
- splint
- सडी saḍī
splint in Bengali
- খাপ, হাড় ভাঙলে বাঁধার কাঠি
splint in Malayalam
- കീറ്, തുണ്ട്, മരപ്പട്ടിക
More languagesFewer languages
- splint in Kannada
- ಬಿದಿರಿನ ತುಂಡು, ದಬ್ಬೆ, ಲೋಹದ ಗಡುಸು ಪಟ್ಟಿ, ಪಟ್ಟಿ
- splint in Sanskrit
- कीलक kīlaka
- splint in Tagalog
- balangkat
- splint in Indonesian
- bidai
- splint in Vietnamese
- nẹp
Examples of splint in a sentence
- I bound the splint to my leg.
- I had bound the splint with duct tape.
- Splint the leg first, then transport back to the river bank.
Synonyms of splint
Forms of splint
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | splints |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | splints |
| present participle | splinting |
| past participle | splinted |
| past | splinted |
Origin of splint
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”).
Words formed from splint
Phrases with splint
Words that rhyme with splint
Questions about splint
- What does splint mean?
- Splint means a narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a larger piece.
- What is splint in Tamil?
- Splint in Tamil is பிளாச்சு, மூங்கில் சிம்பு, எலும்பு இணைப்புக் கம்பி. See Splint meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is splint?
- Splint can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce splint?
- Splint is pronounced /splɪnt/.
- What is the plural of splint?
- The plural of splint is splints.
Words near splint in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: splint (page history and authors); splint (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); सडी (Marathi) (page history and authors); splint (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); splint (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); splint (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); कीलक (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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