splash-boardn.
1. A guard or screen in front of the driver's seat on a vehicle, serving to protect him, or others sitting beside him, from being splashed with mud from the horse's hoofs. Also in figurative context.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > parts of > board or leather apron at front
apron1790
dashing-leather1794
knee-boot1794
splashing-board1809
splash-board1826
boot1828
dashboard1847
apron-cloth1857
dasher1858
dash1868
splasher1887
storm apron1895
1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey II. iii. viii. 121 By dint of rattling the whip against the splash-board.
1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes II. i. 12 He takes a rein in each hand;..and dances on the splashboard with both feet.
1860 W. M. Thackeray Late Great Victories in Roundabout Papers I was his conscience, and stood on the splash-board of his triumph-car.
2. A board fixed over or beside a wheel to intercept splashings.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > sleeves, coverings, or screens
spring box1696
jacket1815
faceplate1827
shoe1837
jacketing1842
splasher1848
splash-board1850
sleeve1865
shield1888
sleeving1923
mesh1926
1850 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. III. 1297 A splash-board is fixed behind the wheel, to catch the water thrown off, by centrifugal force.
1902 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 31 May 1341/2 It is further recommended that for the wet spinning rooms..modified splashboards should be obligatory.
3. Nautical. A screen above the deck-line.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > devices to protect ship from weather > board to keep water out
set board1512
waist-board1627
washboard1753
water board1758
weatherboard1772
wash-strake1809
splash-board1907
1907 C. D. Stewart Partners of Providence vi The splash~board stood up in front of the wheel like a back-yard fence.
1912 J. Masefield Dauber v A sea Washed them both in, over the splashboard.
4. A splashback; a protective panel attached to a wall.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [noun] > protective panel
splash-board1868
splasher1895
backsplash1920
splashback1926
1868 C. L. Eastlake Hints Househ. Taste viii. 183 The common bed-room wash-stand..has a splash-board to protect the wall against which it is placed.
1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 16 June 11- a/4 Even a minimal remodeling job can cost $2,500 before the flower-print wallpaper is stuck on the splashboard.
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