splashboard

Example Sentences

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Polly sat on her trunk by the splashboard; and Tilly, crowded out, rode in on one of the cart-horses, a coloured bed-quilt pinned round her waist to protect her skirts.

From Australia Felix by Richardson, Henry Handel

Presently the driver noticed that a sturdy young rascal was on the point of climbing onto the splashboard; wherefore he cracked his whip and the britchka leapt forward with increased speed over the cobblestones.

From Dead Souls by Hogarth, D. J.

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)

John took the hint and lashed the horses with his long whip; while Mouti, bending forward over the splashboard, thrashed the wheelers with a sjambock.

From Jess by Haggard, Henry Rider

Then, as I drew a matchbox from my pocket, he threw his reins over the splashboard, and removing his large, iron-shod boots he descended on to the road. 

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