English Dictionary

splint

IPA（発音記号）

/splɪnt/

名詞

歴史的

A narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a larger piece. / (dentistry) A dental device applied consequent to undergoing orthodontia. / (medicine) A device to immobilize a body part.

日本語の意味

大きな木材から割り出された、または皮をむいた細長い木片 / 歯科治療後に装着する歯科用装置 / 体の一部を固定するための医療用具

He whittled a splint from the old oak plank to wedge the loose door.

彼はぐらつくドアをくさびで固定するために、古いオークの板から細長い木片を削り出した。

意味（1）

A narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a larger piece.

意味（2）

(dentistry) A dental device applied consequent to undergoing orthodontia.

意味（3）

(medicine) A device to immobilize a body part.

… I saw in the white men's ward that little chap tossing on his back, with his arm in splints, and quite light-headed.

意味（4）

(military, historical) A segment of armour consisting of a narrow overlapping plate.

The fore-part of his thighs, where the folds of his mantle permitted them to be seen, were also covered with linked mail; the knees and feet were defended by splints, or thin plates of steel, ingeniously jointed upon each other; and mail hose, reaching from the ancle to the knee, effectually protected the legs, and completed the rider's defensive armour.

意味（5）

(mining) Synonym of splent coal

意味（6）

(zootomy) A bone found on either side of a horse's cannon bone; the second or fourth metacarpal (forelimb) or metatarsal (hindlimb) bone.

意味（7）

(zootomy, veterinary medicine) A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence.

splints （ plural ）