Obs.–1 In 5 splyte. [? a. LG. splîte, related to splîten to split.] A narrow opening.
1489. Caxton, Faytes of A., II. xiv. Hiij. The walles must be … soo thykke and so brode that aleyes may be there made wyth holes and splytes that archers be sette for to shutte.
