wind-screen
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of wind-screen
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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As the altimeter needle brushes five thousand feet, we crest a mud-colored ridge, the earth drops away, and a breathtaking sweep of taiga fills the Plexiglas wind-screen.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
I climbed over and sat beside him, staring in front of it through the wind-screen.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
The car rocked with the concussion, and the fragments of the shattered wind-screen tinkled down over the bonnet and footboard.
From A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions by Bartimeus
Dollar sat beside him, in the shelter of a wind-screen that glazed and framed a continuous study in nocturnal values.
From The Crime Doctor by Hornung, Ernest William
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.
From A Traitor's Wooing by Hill, Headon
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