splashboard

Example Sentences

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The stage came to a halt so violent that Jim Bailey lurched forward against the splashboard, the reins jerked out of his hands.

From Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California by Bonner, Geraldine

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

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

Mrs Verloc, undoing some hooks of her bodice, while she went on staring ahead beyond the splashboard, handed over to him the new pigskin pocket-book. 

From The Secret Agent a Simple Tale by Conrad, Joseph

Mrs. Vansuythen obeyed, but as Mrs. Boulte leaned forward, putting her hand upon the splashboard of the dog-cart, Kurrell spoke.

From Under the Deodars by Kipling, Rudyard

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