windscreen

/ ˈwɪndˌskriːn /

noun

1. US and Canadian name: windshield. the sheet of flat or curved glass that forms a window of a motor vehicle, esp the front window

Example Sentences

Returning home after a Group C win over Lesotho in South Africa last Friday, the jet carrying the Super Eagles had to make an emergency landing in Angola due to a cracked windscreen.

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Technology like this is very different from the car industry, where, often, the brakes are made in one country, the windscreen wipers or door handles in another, and everything is assembled in a third.

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Security camera footage shows one hooded youth hammering a windscreen with a broom until it smashes.

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Images taken at the crash site appear to show parts of the bus's roof missing, its front windscreen shattered and its rear missing.

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Essex Police said tinted windows were regulated by law for safety reasons - windscreens must allow at least 75% visible light through the glass and the front driver and passenger windows must allow at least 70%.

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