splashboard

Example Sentences

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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)

Then they stopped altogether, and she felt the shock of hoofs upon the splashboard.

From Rosa Mundi and Other Stories by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)

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

She looked down at him as he stood with one hand resting on the splashboard, and he, looking up to her, smiled in return.

From The Slave of the Lamp by Merriman, Henry Seton

Kitty, greatly relieved, was fastening the reins to the splashboard before getting down to light the lamps, when a man appeared around the corner of the house, and came towards her.

From Kitty Trenire by Quiller-Couch, Mabel