(medicine) A type of brace which either prevents or assists movement of a limb or the spine.

To walk quadrupedally with the forelimbs holding the fingers in a partially flexed posture that allows body weight to press down on the ground through the knuckles.

simple past tense and past participle of salaam

(roofing, nautical) The degradation of the roofing nails of a house or the nails of a boat, necessitating repair.