SPLASHER

splashboard, splasher, dashboard

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

splasher

(noun) a protective covering over or beside a wheel to protect the upper part of a vehicle from splashes of mud

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

splasher (plural splashers)

Someone who splashes.

(dated) A guard to keep off splashes from anything; especially, one of the guards over the wheels of a carriage, locomotive, etc.

Anagrams

• harpless, pre-slash

Source: Wiktionary


Splash"er, n.

1. One who, or that which, splashes.

2. One of the guarde over the wheels, as of a carriage, locomotive, etc. Weale.

3. A guard to keep off splashes from anything.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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