Толковый словарь английского языка - splint
Splint
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
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n. & v. --n. 1 a a strip of rigid material used for holding a broken bone etc. when set. b a rigid or flexible strip of esp. wood used in basketwork etc. 2 a tumour or bony excrescence on the inside of a horse's leg. 3 a thin strip of wood etc. used to light a fire, pipe, etc. 4 = splint-bone. --v.tr. secure (a broken limb etc.) with a splint or splints. Phrases and idioms splint-bone 1 either of two small bones in a horse's foreleg lying behind and close to the cannon-bone. 2 the human fibula. splint-coal hard bituminous laminated coal burning with great heat. Etymology: ME splent(e) f. MDu. splinte or MLG splinte, splente metal plate or pin, rel. to SPLINTER ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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