splint
s plint
- n a thin sliver of wood
he lit the fire with a burning splint - n an orthopedic mechanical device used to immobilize and protect a part of the body (as a broken leg)
- v support with a splint
splint a broken finger
- Eames took technology created to meet a wartime need (for splints) and used it to make something elegant, light and comfortable.
- CARPAL CONUNDRUM For long-term relief from the painful wrist condition called carpal-tunnel syndrome, do you go for surgery or stick to the support of less-invasive wrist splints?.
- The medics pull moldable splints from their backpacks and strap them to the young legs.