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)

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

Hume was so taken aback that he stood poised on the step of the vehicle and forgot to slip the reins into the catch on the splashboard.

From The Stowmarket Mystery Or, A Legacy of Hate by Tracy, Louis

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

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)