Dictionary entry

Splint (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Splint, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Splinted; p. pr. & vb. n.Splinting.] To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver. Florio.

2. To fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See Splint, n., 2. Shak.