The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SPLINT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result SPLINT
- Arm support, possibly made from special fabric
- Medical support left around noon
- Special soft dressing for lump on horse’s leg
- It’s rigidly applied for medical reasons
- Supporter torn apart about relegation, ultimately
- Regularly supply unlimited clues in support
- Axeman finally coming in to divide a piece of wood
- Crack around end of shin! Need this?
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What does SPLINT mean?
SPLINT noun- An inferior kind of cannel coal from Scottish collieries, having a slaty structure.
- A narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a larger piece.
- A dental device applied consequent to undergoing orthodontia.
- A device to immobilize a body part.
- A segment of armour consisting of a narrow overlapping plate.
- A bone found on either side of a horse's cannon bone; the second or fourth metacarpal (forelimb) or metatarsal (hindlimb) bone.
- A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence.
- To apply a splint to; to fasten with splints.
- To support one's abdomen with hands or a pillow before attempting to cough.
- To split into thin, slender pieces; to splinter.