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splints

splints noun: an equine ailment. Also the plural of splint.

Noun

splints

  1. an equine ailment
    • “As an inventor,” Bob Mason suggested, “you're a howling success at shooting craps ! If I were as free of spavins, ringbone, saddle-galls, and splints as you are, I'd have that nanny-goat in here, hog-tie her, flop her and let the boy help himself. …”1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter XII, in The Understanding Heart

Also used as

splints is also the plural of splint.

splints is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of splint.

Phrases with splints

Questions about splints

What does splints mean?
Splints means an equine ailment.
What part of speech is splints?
Splints is a noun.

Words near splints in the dictionary

  1. splinters up
  2. splintery
  3. splinting
  4. splintless
  5. splintlike
  6. splints
  7. splintwork
  8. splinty
  9. splish
  10. splished
  11. splishes

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