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View synonyms for splashboard

splashboard

[ splash-bawrd ]

noun

  1. a board, guard, or screen to protect from splashing, as a dashboard of an open carriage or a guard placed over a wheel to intercept water, dirt, etc.:

    He threw his reins over the splashboard and descended to the road.



splashboard

/ ˈsplæʃˌbɔːd /

noun

  1. a guard on a vehicle to protect people from splashing water, mud, etc
  2. nautical another word for washboard
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of splashboard1

First recorded in 1820–30; splash + board
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Example Sentences

Jack Cardigan had broken a splashboard, so far as one could make out, and would not be "fit" for some time.

Mrs. Vansuythen obeyed, but as Mrs. Boulte leaned forward, putting her hand upon the splashboard of the dog-cart, Kurrell spoke.

His jacket was of velveteen, and he had large, iron-shod boots, which were perched upon the splashboard in front of him.

She looked down at him as he stood with one hand resting on the splashboard, and he, looking up to her, smiled in return.

When he had got rid of everything but half a wheel and the splashboard he bolted again.

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