DASHBOARD

dashboard, fascia

(noun) instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls

splashboard, splasher, dashboard

(noun) protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc.

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

dashboard (plural dashboards)

A panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft, containing indicator dials, compartments, and sometimes controls.

(historical) An upturned screen of wood or leather placed on the front of a horse-drawn carriage, sleigh or other vehicle that protected the driver from mud, debris, water and snow thrown up by the horse's hooves.

(GUI, video games) A graphical user interface in the form of or resembling a motor car dashboard.

(nautical) The float of a paddle wheel.

Hyponyms

• board

Verb

dashboard (third-person singular simple present dashboards, present participle dashboarding, simple past and past participle dashboarded)

To organize in a dashboard format.

Source: Wiktionary


Dash"board`, n.

1. A board placed on the fore part of a carriage, sleigh, or other vechicle, to intercept water, mud, or snow, thrown up by the heels of the horses; -- in England commonly called splashboard.

2. (Naut.) (a) The float of a paddle wheel. (b) A screen at the bow af a steam launch to keep off the spray; -- called also sprayboard.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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