splashboard

Example Sentences

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I have a bag close at hand on the splashboard, where I keep the road-book or guide, the map of the county through which I am passing, and my pens, ink, pencils, and note-books.

From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Stables, Gordon

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

His jacket was of velveteen, and he had large, iron-shod boots, which were perched upon the splashboard in front of him. 

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

Sir Claude poked his stick at the splashboard of the cab.

From What Maisie Knew by James, Henry

There is a splashboard, an unusual luxury in carriages of this kind.

From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Stables, Gordon