splashboard

Example Sentences

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Ben stood aside then but, as the carriage passed him, he laid his hand on the splashboard and walked beside it.

From The Great House by Weyman, Stanley John

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

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 The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure by Doyle, A. Conan

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

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