splashboard

Example Sentences

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When he had got rid of everything but half a wheel and the splashboard he bolted again.

From Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)

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

She looked down at him as he stood with one hand resting on the splashboard, and he, looking up to her, smiled in return.

From The Slave of the Lamp by Merriman, Henry Seton

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

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