splashboard

American  

[splash-bawrd] / ˈsplæʃˌbɔrd /

noun

1. 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.

2. backsplash.

3. Nautical. washboard.

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splashboard British  

/ ˈsplæʃˌbɔːd /

noun

1. a guard on a vehicle to protect people from splashing water, mud, etc

2. nautical another word for washboard

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Etymology

Origin of splashboard

First recorded in 1820–30; splash + board

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Example Sentences

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splashboard

It was a two-handled bag, of japanned leather, and Doctor Unonius, as he took it from her and rested it against the splashboard, noted also that it was exceedingly heavy.

From Corporal Sam and Other Stories by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

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 Henry Handel Richardson

The stage came to a halt so violent that Jim Bailey lurched forward against the splashboard, the reins jerked out of his hands.

From Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California by Geraldine Bonner

First, there was an old lumbering family volante, a sort of gig, with four posts or uprights supporting a canopy covered with leather, and with a high dash—iron or splashboard in front.

From Tom Cringle's Log by Michael Scott

When he did so reach it he became alive to the fact that a Cape cart, outspanned, with its harness hung over the splashboard, stood before the door.

From Harley Greenoak's Charge by Bertram Mitford

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