splinting Definition
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splint
noun
- 1. A piece of rigid material that is strapped to a broken limb, etc to hold it in position while the bone heals.
2. A tumour or bony outgrowth that can develop on the leg, usually on the inside, of a horse, donkey, etc.
3. A strip of wood, etc.
4. A shortened form of splint-coal.
5. A spill2.
- splinted, splinting
1. To bind or hold (a broken limb, etc) in position using a splint (noun 1).
