splashboard
Example Sentences
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My preserver sat half in and half out of the carriage, leaning his white, well-shaped hand upon the splashboard.
From Kate Coventry An Autobiography by Whyte-Melville, G. J.
The sudden jerk had also sent the driver over the splashboard, but like a good horseman, he steadied himself with the reins and landed on his feet.
From Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 by Corfield, W. H. (William Henry)
There is a splashboard, an unusual luxury in carriages of this kind.
From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Stables, Gordon
When he had got rid of everything but half a wheel and the splashboard he bolted again.
From Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
I seized the reins in the nick of time, just as they were slipping over the splashboard, and bracing myself for the effort, succeeded in bringing the team to a standstill.
From Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne by Avery, Harold
