splashboard
Example Sentences
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I seized the reins in the nick of time, just as they were slipping over the splashboard, and bracing myself for the effort, succeeded in bringing the team to a standstill.
From Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne by Harold Avery
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 A. Conan Doyle
She struck her foot fretfully against the splashboard.
From The Story of an African Farm, a novel by Olive Schreiner
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 Geraldine Bonner
Sir Claude poked his stick at the splashboard of the cab.
From What Maisie Knew by Henry James
