splashboard

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A structure that protects the upper part of a vehicle from splashes of mud.

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A screen on a boat to keep water from splashing onto the deck.

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A board for closing a spillway or sluice.

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A guard of wood, or an iron frame covered with leather, in front of a wheeled vehicle or a sleigh, to protect the occupants from the splashing of the horses’ feet; a dash-board or dasher.

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A kind of screen raised above the deck-line or bulwark-rail, to prevent water from coming on deck owing to a low freeboard or a swell.

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A guard in the front part of vehicle, to prevent splashing by a mud or water from the horse’s heels; — in the United States commonly called dashboard.

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A guard towards the front of a vehicle, to prevent splashing by mud or water from the road.

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protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side

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protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc.