splint

Meanings

Plural: splints

Noun

a thin sliver of wood
- "he lit the fire with a burning splint"
an orthopedic mechanical device used to immobilize and protect a part of the body (as a broken leg)
A narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a larger piece.
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.
A segment of armour consisting of a narrow overlapping plate.
Synonym of 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

support with a splint
- "splint a broken finger"
To apply a splint to; to fasten with splints.
To support one's abdomen with hands or a pillow before attempting to cough.
To split into thin, slender pieces; to splinter.

Origin / Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

splent coal

Scrabble Score: 8

splint is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
splint is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
splint is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

splint is a valid Words With Friends word