splint bone

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   a rudimentary metacarpal or metatarsal bone on either side of the cannon bone in the leg of a horse or related animal

   Broaderbone

Questions about splint bone

What does splint bone mean?

splint bone means "a rudimentary metacarpal or metatarsal bone on either side of the cannon bone in the leg of a horse or related animal".

Is splint bone a common word?

splint bone is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.