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splashboard

noun

Etymology

From splash + board.

  1. derived from *bʰers-✻ — “tip, top”
  2. inherited from *burdą✻ — “board, plank; edge; table”
  3. inherited from *bord✻
  4. inherited from bord
  5. inherited from boord
  6. compounded as splashboard — “splash + board”

Definitions

  1. A guard towards the front of a horse-drawn vehicle, to prevent splashing by mud or water…

    A guard towards the front of a horse-drawn vehicle, to prevent splashing by mud or water from the road.

    • The old driver was hanging over the splash-board like some grotesque scarecrow, his arms dangling absurdly in front of him.
    • Reluctantly Cora handed up the basket and was hauled up over the splash-board herself, and bumped down on the chaffbags as Ted Farrell clicked up the horse again.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA