Definition of "splays" []

• Plural form of splay. (noun)

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• "However, by the time dusk splays across the city and our bus snakes its way back through the its urban streets, we come head to head with a human blockade of police with semiautomatics and shields."
• "I pinned my hair with the turkey-tail copper pin, added splays of feathers to each shoulder, wore a white apron that tapered to a point between my knees, and laced thick shell necklaces around my neck."
• "At the top, the Cofitachequi mico waited in all her finery; swan-feather splays at each shoulder accented a striking white fabric dress adorned with pearls and bits of mica that glittered in the light."