Splinter

n. A piece split off; a thin piece (in proportion to its length) of wood, or other solid substance, rent from the main body; as, splinters of a ship's side or mast rent off by a shot.

v. t. [L. Ger. splinten, spliten, splitten, splittern, D. splinteren, Dan. splinte, Sw. splinta, splittra. See SPLIT.] 1. To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree. After splintering their lances, they wheeled about, and . . . abandoned the field to the enemy. Prescott. 2. To fasten or confine with splinters or splints, as a broken limb. [Rare.] Bp. Wren.

To be split or rent into long pieces.