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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