splashboard

Example Sentences

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First, there was an old lumbering family volante, a sort of gig, with four posts or uprights supporting a canopy covered with leather, and with a high dash—iron or splashboard in front.

From Tom Cringle's Log by Scott, Michael

When he did so reach it he became alive to the fact that a Cape cart, outspanned, with its harness hung over the splashboard, stood before the door.

From Harley Greenoak's Charge by Mitford, Bertram

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

Sir Claude poked his stick at the splashboard of the cab.

From What Maisie Knew by James, Henry

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