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splint

UK/splɪnt/ US/ˈsplɪnt/ uncommon obsolete rare
noun (2) verb (1)

noun

1.

a thin sliver of wood

  • “he lit the fire with a burning splint”
2.

an orthopedic mechanical device used to immobilize and protect a part of the body (as a broken leg)

verb

1.

support with a splint

  • “splint a broken finger”

Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • coaptation splint
  • finger splint
  • Frejka splint
  • shin splint
  • splint bone
  • splint coal

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