{Splent coal}, an inferior kind of cannel coal from Scotch
collieries; -- called also {splent}, {splint}, and {splint
coal}.
2. (Surg.) A thin piece of wood, or other substance, used to
keep in place, or protect, an injured part, especially a
broken bone when set.
4. (Far.) A disease affecting the splint bones, as a
callosity or hard excrescence.
5. (Anc. Armor.) One of the small plates of metal used in
making splint armor. See {Splint armor}, below.
The knees and feet were defended by splints, or thin
plates of steel. --Sir. W.
Scott.
6. Splint, or splent, coal. See {Splent coal}, under
{Splent}.
{Splint armor},a kind of ancient armor formed of thin plates
of metal, usually overlapping each other and allowing the
limbs to move freely.
{Splint bone} (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.
{Splint coal}. See {Splent coal}, under {Splent}.
2. To fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See
{Splint}, n., 2. [R.] --Shak.