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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Ben stood aside then but, as the carriage passed him, he laid his hand on the splashboard and walked beside it.
From The Great House by Weyman, Stanley John
His jacket was of velveteen, and he had large, iron-shod boots, which were perched upon the splashboard in front of him.
From The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure by Doyle, A. Conan
I have a bag close at hand on the splashboard, where I keep the road-book or guide, the map of the county through which I am passing, and my pens, ink, pencils, and note-books.
From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Stables, Gordon
My preserver sat half in and half out of the carriage, leaning his white, well-shaped hand upon the splashboard.
From Kate Coventry An Autobiography by Whyte-Melville, G. J.
There is a splashboard, an unusual luxury in carriages of this kind.
From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Stables, Gordon
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