splint
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- noun
- /splɪnt/
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astilla
- Through the window, they could see him saying his farewell to Grimald, where the boy was cutting splints of green ash.
- wood for a splint
- wooden splint
- splint basket
Examples
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Crane, get some wood for splints and some rope.
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Kata dropped the splint into the fire.
Fiction book (1998) -
"She lit a splint and held it near his face.
Fiction book (1998) -
Grimald, go cut me some green wood for a splint.
Fiction book (1993) -
He uses the sticks for splints.
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Prosthetic care goes back to the fifth Egyptian Dynasty (2750-2625 B.C.); archaeologists have unearthed the oldest known splint from that period.
Academic text (2009) -
For camping, you can use splints of wood to help start a fire quickly.
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In crafts, you might use splints to create delicate structures or decorations.
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He gathered small splints of bamboo to reinforce the frame of his tent.
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Etymology
The word splint comes from an old idea of a thin piece of wood, like a splinter made when wood is split. So a splint is simply a small, thin strip of wood used for lighting fires or weaving baskets.