'Splintering' definitions:

Definition of 'splintering'

noun

The act of chipping something [syn: chip, chipping, splintering]

From: GCIDE

Splinter \Splin"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Splintered; p. pr. & vb. n. Splintering.] [Cf. LG. splittern, splinteren. See Splint, n., Split.]
1. To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree. [1913 Webster]
After splintering their lances, they wheeled about, and . . . abandoned the field to the enemy. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
2. To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb. --Bp. Wren. [1913 Webster]