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wind-screen

[ wind-skreen, win- ]

/ ˈwɪndˌskrin, ˈwɪn- /

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noun Chiefly British.

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Origin of wind-screen

First recorded in 1855–60

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for wind-screen

Finally, he hurled the starting-handle at the wind-screen and smashed it.
The Secret Places of the Heart|H. G. Wells
The wind came in gusts over his wind-screen and blew his hair in streamers past his cheek.
When the Sleeper Wakes|Herbert George Wells
From behind the wind-screen on the bridge the evil face of the captain peered down at the girl he had mocked with false hopes.
A Traitor's Wooing|Headon Hill
"I'm oot o' baccy," he said, again peering over the wind-screen.
Captain Calamity|Rolf Bennett

If we cannot we must shelter beneath the first wind-screen of rock we can find.
Fix Bay'nets|George Manville Fenn