splint : Idioms & Phrases

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shin splints

  • noun painful inflammation of the muscles around the shins; frequent among runners
WordNet

Splint armor

  • a kind of ancient armor formed of thin plates of metal, usually overlapping each other and allowing the limbs to move freely.
Webster 1913

Splint bone

  • noun a rudimentary metacarpal or metatarsal bone on either side of the cannon bone in the leg of a horse or related animal
WordNet
  • (Anat.), one of the rudimentary, splintlike metacarpal or metatarsal bones on either side of the cannon bone in the limbs of the horse and allied animals.
Webster 1913

Splint coal

  • . See Splent coal, under Splent.
Webster 1913