spleet noun 1verb 2forms 3 noun1 •(no longer used) A small strip of split wood or willow.But if the hiue be more then fourteene inches ouer within, it may wel receiue foure spleets. — 1609 verb2 •To split.Piscem exdorsuare, […] To spleete out, oꝛ part alongest the ridge bone iust in the midst. — 1585 •(no longer used) To fit (a beehive) with slips of wood.But before we have done with the Hives, we must not forget the Spleeting of them. The way they usually Spleet the ordinary Strawn and Daubed Hives, every Countrey Coridon understands. — 1681 formsspleeted · spleeting · spleets
