splashboard
Americannoun
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a board, guard, or screen to protect from splashing, as a dashboard of an open carriage or a guard placed over a wheel to intercept water, dirt, etc..
He threw his reins over the splashboard and descended to the road.
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Nautical. washboard.
noun
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a guard on a vehicle to protect people from splashing water, mud, etc
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nautical another word for washboard
Etymology
Origin of splashboard
Example Sentences
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John took the hint and lashed the horses with his long whip; while Mouti, bending forward over the splashboard, thrashed the wheelers with a sjambock.
From Jess by Haggard, Henry Rider
But the chase, if chase were given, was vain from the first: for Dapple tore along as though the devil himself sat behind the splashboard.
From Corporal Sam and Other Stories by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
Presently the driver noticed that a sturdy young rascal was on the point of climbing onto the splashboard; wherefore he cracked his whip and the britchka leapt forward with increased speed over the cobblestones.
From Dead Souls by Hogarth, D. J.
Mrs Verloc, undoing some hooks of her bodice, while she went on staring ahead beyond the splashboard, handed over to him the new pigskin pocket-book.
From The Secret Agent a Simple Tale by Conrad, Joseph
Polly sat on her trunk by the splashboard; and Tilly, crowded out, rode in on one of the cart-horses, a coloured bed-quilt pinned round her waist to protect her skirts.
From Australia Felix by Richardson, Henry Handel
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