α. 1500s–1700s through splent, 1600s 1800s through splint.
β. 1600s–1700s thorough splint, 1800s thorough splent.
† thorough splintn.
Farriery. Obsolete.
A hard swelling in the tendon sheath of one of the muscles in a horse's hock; a similar swelling in the carpal joint of the foreleg; = thorough-pin n.
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1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry 124 There are some diseases thought to be vncurable..of which number are ye broken wineded, the lunaticke, and the manginesse..to this they adde the through Splent.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 401 A Splent is a sorance of the least moment, vnlesse it bee on the knee, or else a through Splent, both which cannot bee cured.
1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. i. sig. Ooo2/3 Sur-os chevillé, screw, or through-splent.
1786 W. Foster Gentleman's Experienced Farrier 322 When a Splint rises on one side of the bone, and another opposite to it upon the other side, it is called a thorough Splint.
?1790 J. Jones Pract. Farrier 41 A through splent..appears on both sides the leg.
1819 A. Rees Cycl. XXXIII. at Splent, or Splint If there be one opposite to it on the outside, it is called a pegged or pinned splent; because it does as it were pierce the bone, and is extremely dangerous. Some call this a double splent, and others a thorough splent.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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