SPLINT

I. noun also splent Etymology: Middle English, from Middle Low German ~e, splente; probably akin to Middle Dutch splitten to split Date: 14th century a small plate or strip of metal used in making armor, 2. a thin strip of wood suitable for interweaving (as into baskets), ~er , material or a device used to protect and immobilize a body part (as a broken arm), a bony enlargement on the upper part of the cannon bone of a horse usually on the inside of the leg, II. transitive verb Date: 15th century to support and immobilize (as a broken bone) with a ~, to brace with or as if with ~s