splints

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noun

an equine ailment

Less commonScrabble 9

Meanings

noun
  1. an equine ailment

    “As an inventor,” Bob Mason suggested, “you're a howling success at shooting craps ! If I were as free of spavins, ringbone, saddle-galls, and splints as you are, I'd have that nanny-goat in here, hog-tie her, flop her and let the boy help himself. …”

    1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter XII, in The Understanding Heart
  2. pluralplural of splint
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of splint
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “splints,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/splints.

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