See Also: Splint(medicine)
splint(2)(dictionary)
splint(1)(dictionary)
Splint(health)
air splint(medicine)
cap splint(medicine)
splint(dictionary)
inflatable splint(medicine)
dynamic splint(medicine)
contact splint(medicine)

splint(2) (iou)



splint verb. LME.
[from the noun.]
verb trans. Fit a surgical splint to (a broken limb etc.); immobilize by means of a splint or splints. LME.
Daily Telegraph She..splinted the man's badly fractured legs with pieces of metal.
b. fig. Strengthen or support as with a splint or splints. M17.
verb trans. Cover, provide, or make with splints or thin strips of wood etc. E16-M17.
verb trans. Cut (wood etc.) into splints; split apart or in two. L16-E17.
splintage noun the application or use of surgical splints L19.
splinting noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) material for a splint or splints: LME.