Meanings
plural splashboards
- A guard towards the front of a horse-drawn vehicle, to prevent splashing by mud or water from the road.
The old driver was hanging over the splash-board like some grotesque scarecrow, his arms dangling absurdly in front of him.
1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC1 more example
Reluctantly Cora handed up the basket and was hauled up over the splash-board herself, and bumped down on the chaffbags as Ted Farrell clicked up the horse again.
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 168
Synonyms & antonyms
nounprotective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side
nounprotective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc.
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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