splint

About 1.26 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a larger piece. A splinter caught in the skin.
2. noun A splinter caught in the skin.
3. noun A dental device applied consequent to undergoing orthodontia.
4. noun A device to immobilize a body part.
5. noun A segment of armour consisting of a narrow overlapping plate.
6. noun Synonym of splent coal.
7. noun A bone found on either side of a horse's cannon bone; the second or fourth metacarpal (forelimb) or metatarsal (hindlimb) bone.
8. noun A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence.

Similar words

pin probe rod shank plaster brace leg sling shoot bole

Often followed by

is for and to or in with should the

Word family

splent splents splinted splinting splints