splashboard

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It was a two-handled bag, of japanned leather, and Doctor Unonius, as he took it from her and rested it against the splashboard, noted also that it was exceedingly heavy.

From Corporal Sam and Other Stories by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Finally her husband, knowing that she liked to drive out, picked up a second-hand dogcart, which, with new lamps and splashboard in striped leather, looked almost like a tilbury.

From Madame Bovary by Aveling, Eleanor Marx

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

From Danger! and Other Stories by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

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)

I have a bag close at hand on the splashboard, where I keep the road-book or guide, the map of the county through which I am passing, and my pens, ink, pencils, and note-books.

From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Stables, Gordon