splints

noun

Meaning

An inferior kind of cannel coal from Scottish collieries, having a slaty structure.
A narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a larger piece.
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.
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.
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.

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