Definition of splint

• v. t. - A piece split off; a splinter.
• v. t. - A thin piece of wood, or other substance, used to keep in place, or protect, an injured part, especially a broken bone when set.
• v. t. - A splint bone.
• v. t. - A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence.
• v. t. - One of the small plates of metal used in making splint armor. See Splint armor, below.
• v. t. - Splint, or splent, coal. See Splent coal, under Splent.
• v. t. - To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver.
• v. t. - To fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See Splint, n., 2.