Spline

[splaɪn]

Definition

(noun.) a flexible strip (wood or rubber) used in drawing curved lines.

Typed by Hester--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A rectangular piece fitting grooves like key seats in a hub and a shaft, so that while the one may slide endwise on the other, both must revolve together; a feather; also, sometimes, a groove to receive such a rectangular piece.

(n.) A long, flexble piece of wood sometimes used as a ruler.

Typed by Harley

Definition

n. in machines the slot to receive a feather the feather itself: a long flexible strip of wood or rubber used by draftsmen in laying out railway-curves &c.—v.t. to fit with a spline.

Typed by Cyril