wind-screen

[wind-skreen, win-]

noun Chiefly British.

windshield.

Origin of wind-screen

First recorded in 1855–60

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Through his windscreen he caught a glimpse of Allison and his hand stiffened on the control.
A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F.
Rutherford G. Montgomery
Stan saw a spread of fuselage and a wing through his windscreen and he pressed the gun button.
A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F.
Rutherford G. Montgomery
Well, it had just thirty-seven bullet holes in it, including one through the windscreen, a foot off his head.
Air Men o' War
Boyd Cable

British Dictionary definitions for windscreen

windscreen

noun

British, Australian, NZ and Southern African the sheet of flat or curved glass that forms a window of a motor vehicle, esp the front windowUS and Canadian name: windshield

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Examples from the Web for windscreen

Historical Examples

Through his windscreen he caught a glimpse of Allison and his hand stiffened on the control.

Stan saw a spread of fuselage and a wing through his windscreen and he pressed the gun button.

Well, it had just thirty-seven bullet holes in it, including one through the windscreen, a foot off his head.

windscreen

Origin of wind-screen