vbl. sb. Also 6 splyntyng, splentynge, 7 splenting. [f. SPLINT v.]

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  † 1.  The action of constructing or providing with splints or laths; the material used in this. Obs.

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1527.  Luton Trin. Guild (1906), 190. Payd to Thomas Long for vnderpynnynge, splentynge, & davbing & for Roddis, vs. jd.

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1622.  Callis, Stat. Sewers (1647), 110. If a house be decayed in splinting, thack, walling, or in such petty matters.

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  2.  The action of putting into surgical splints; binding or securing by means of a splint or splints.

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1548.  Elyot, Mora,… a staye that surgions vse in splyntyng of sore legges.

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1611.  Cotgr., Esclisser, to bind vp in splents, or keepe straight by splenting.

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1648.  Hexham, II. Een Spalckinge, a Splenting of broken bones.

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1897.  Trans. Amer. Pediatric Soc., IX. 168 b. His mother having learned of the splinting of his arms and hands at night.

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  b.  concr. Material for a splint or splints.

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1895.  Arnold & Sons’ Catal. Surg. Instrum., 671. Splinting (Gooch’s),… per piece 18 × 22.

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  † 3.  Splintering, splitting. Obs.–0

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1598.  Florio, Schiantatura, a riuing, a splinting, a shiuering.

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