Word Meaning

Meaning of splint

- A piece split off; a splinter.
- A thin piece of wood, or other substance, used to keep in place, or protect, an injured part, especially a broken bone when set.
- A splint bone.
- A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence.
- One of the small plates of metal used in making splint armor. See Splint armor, below.
- Splint, or splent, coal. See Splent coal, under Splent.
- To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver.
- To fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See Splint, n., 2.

Crossword clue for splint

- Fire lighter
- Fracture support
- Rigid support for a broken bone
- Rigid support for a broken limb
- Thin sliver of wood