splashboard

Example Sentences

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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

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

From What Maisie Knew by James, Henry

Ben stood aside then but, as the carriage passed him, he laid his hand on the splashboard and walked beside it.

From The Great House by Weyman, Stanley John

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 The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure by Doyle, A. Conan

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