splashboard

Example Sentences

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But the chase, if chase were given, was vain from the first: for Dapple tore along as though the devil himself sat behind the splashboard.

From Corporal Sam and Other Stories by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

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

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 found that the clock on the splashboard required winding, and was in the act of doing this when my eyes fell upon a second person who was equally a mystery.

From The Count's Chauffeur by Le Queux, William