wind-screen
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of wind-screen
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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I climbed over and sat beside him, staring in front of it through the wind-screen.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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
He could see them reflected in the wind-screen, sometimes out of the tail of his eye.
From Mortal Coils by Huxley, Aldous
Mr. Direck gripped at his friend the emergency brake, but had only time to touch it before his head hit against the frame of the glass wind-screen, and a curtain fell upon everything....
From Mr. Britling Sees It Through by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
As the car turned into a side road, flanked on either hand by elms, Mr. Doulton tapped on the wind-screen, and Tims pulled up.
From Malcolm Sage, Detective by Jenkins, Herbert George
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