Definition of: splay

(splā) adjective
Spread out; displayed; broad; clumsy; clumsily formed: a splay mouth.
—noun Archit. A slanted surface or beveled edge, as of the sides of a doorway or window, or of a joist.
—v.t.
1. To make with a splay; bevel or chamfer away a corner or angle of, as a window opening.
2. To open to sight; spread; cut open; display.
3. In farriery, to dislocate.
—v.i.
4. To spread out; open.
5. To slant; slope. [Aphetic var. of DISPLAY]