Definitions
support with a splint
Word origin
From Middle English splint, splent, splente, from Middle Low German splinte, splente or Middle Dutch splint, splinte. Cognate with Old High German splinza (“bar, bolt, latch”). All ultimately from Proto-Germanic *splintǭ, *splintō (“piece of wood, splinter”), from Proto-Germanic *splint-, *splind- (“to split”), from a nasalized form of *splītaną (“to split”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pley- (“to split, splice”).
Used in a sentence
“[...] I saw in the white men's ward that little chap tossing on his back, with his arm in splints, and quite light-headed.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Broken-bone support”6 letters
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