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Splashboard

noun

Protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side. Synonym: washboard.

Protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc.. Synonyms: dashboard, splasher.

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"Splashboard" Quotes from Famous Books

... roads, people kept their weapons there. There were sometimes two, sometimes one seat outside, called the box and the dickey—much the pleasantest places, for it was very easy to feel sick and giddy inside. A curved splashboard went up from the bottom of the chariot to a level with the window, and within it fitted what was called the cap box, with a curved bottom, so that when in a house it had to be set down in a frame to hold it upright. A big flat box, called the imperial, ...

— Old Times at Otterbourne • Charlotte M. Yonge

... Miss Mohun, crumpling herself up in some mysterious manner under the fur rug, while they drove off, her luggage sticking far off on either side of the splashboard. ...

— The Two Sides of the Shield • Charlotte M. Yonge

Words linked to "Splashboard" : protective cover, vehicle, dashboard, watercraft, protective covering, protection, vessel