splint en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /splɪnt/
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”).
Meanings
- A narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a larger piece.
- (West-Midlands, qualifier:Cheshire) 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.
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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:
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(historical) 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 protected the legs, and completed the rider's defensive armour.
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.
- 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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| splints | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
splinter · splintwork · splintlike · coaptation splint · splint bone · finger splint · shin splint · splintage · splint coal · splintless · Frejka splint
Synonyms
Translations (85)
it stecca (immobilizing device) · fr attelle (immobilizing device) · ga spliota (narrow strip of wood) · vi nẹp (immobilizing device) · it soprosso (bone of a horse) · it protesi (dental device) · ja 添木 (narrow strip of wood) · de Schiene (immobilizing device) · bg ши́на (dental device) · hu sín (immobilizing device) · ota تخته (immobilizing device) · af spalk (immobilizing device) · ru дра́нка (narrow strip of wood) · ro atelă (immobilizing device) · sk dlaha (immobilizing device) · pt férula (narrow strip of wood) · nn splint (narrow strip of wood) · enm splente (narrow strip of wood) · nn flis (narrow strip of wood) · enm splente (segment of armor) · sk latka (narrow strip of wood) · sh ȕdlaga (immobilizing device) · tr atel (immobilizing device) · ru ще́пка (narrow strip of wood) · sh у̏длага (immobilizing device) · it frammento (narrow strip of wood) · la serperastrum (immobilizing device) · id bidai (immobilizing device) · fi levy (segment of armor) · pt tala (narrow strip of wood) · ca fèrula (narrow strip of wood) · it scheggia (narrow strip of wood) · tl balangkat (immobilizing device) · ru лубо́к (immobilizing device) · enm splente (immobilizing device) · it tutore (immobilizing device) · bg тънка ивица (narrow strip of wood) · cs dlaha (immobilizing device) · sq ashkël (narrow strip of wood) · sh trȅska (narrow strip of wood) · ja スプリント (immobilizing device) · sv skena (immobilizing device) · de Gipsschiene (immobilizing device) · hu gyújtópálca (narrow strip of wood) · fi säle (narrow strip of wood) · it schinella (bone of a horse) · es férula (immobilizing device) · is spelka (immobilizing device) · lv skaida (narrow strip of wood) · sh и̏вер (narrow strip of wood) · gl férula (immobilizing device) · bg лента (narrow strip of wood) · fi puikkoluu (bone of a horse) · bg надкостница (bone of a horse) · ro așchie (narrow strip of wood) · mi tāhū (immobilizing device) · ru лы́ко (narrow strip of wood) · it lamella (segment of armor) · nl spalk (immobilizing device) · sh ȉver (narrow strip of wood) · it spinella (bone of a horse) · pl szyna (immobilizing device) · it stecca (narrow strip of wood) · it scaglia (narrow strip of wood) · sh тре̏ска (narrow strip of wood) · uk ши́на (immobilizing device) · bg ши́на (immobilizing device) · nb flis (narrow strip of wood) · fr éclisse (narrow strip of wood) · it piastra (segment of armor) · de Protrusionsschiene (dental device) · fi lasta (immobilizing device) · he סד (immobilizing device) · ru щепа́ (narrow strip of wood) · es tablilla (immobilizing device) · nb splint (narrow strip of wood) · grc νάρθηξ (immobilizing device) · gl tala (narrow strip of wood) · ga meathán (in basketweaving) (narrow strip of wood) · no spjelke (immobilizing device) · lt įtvaras (immobilizing device) · ca fèrula (immobilizing device) · ru ши́на (immobilizing device) · pt tala (immobilizing device) · it esostosi (bone of a horse)