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

How to use wind-screen in a sentence

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
The world was solarized and grey, like he was seeing it through a tinted windscreen.
Makers|Cory Doctorow
He pointed to the canvas windscreen against which our famous cook sat gazing at the kettle he had set to boil for tea.
Oriental Encounters|Marmaduke Pickthall
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

British Dictionary definitions for wind-screen

windscreen

/ (ˈwɪndˌskriːn) /

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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