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/dˈæʃbˌɔrd/ Listen

noun

Dashboard n.

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

(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.

An instrument panel beneath the front window of a motor vehicle (such as an automobile or truck), containing indicating gauges and dials, such as the speedometer and fuel gauges, and sometimes certain control knobs or other devices.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Dashboard" Quotes from Famous Books

... reckless drive, as the mare flew over the rough hills, every nerve and muscle of her fine body at its utmost tension, the father sat silent. He braced his club foot against the iron bar of the dashboard and gripped the sides of the buggy to steady his feeble body. Margaret leaned forward intently watching the road to avoid an accident. The old man's strange colourless eyes stared straight in front, wide open, and seeing nothing, ...

— The Clansman - An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan • Thomas Dixon

... rawboned bay. When we came to a long stretch of good road William tightened the reins, took on a scandalous expression of Coliseum delight and let the horse out. Instantly the thin flanks of the creature tautened, he laid his tail over the dashboard, stretched his neck, flattened his ears and settled himself close to the ground in action that showed sinful training. William's expression developed into one of ecstasy that was far from spiritual, and I had much ado to keep my hat on. Presently ...

— A Circuit Rider's Wife • Corra Harris

... collected at the Banner office. There was a sudden hush when the marshal drove up. Even the horse felt the intensity of the moment. He shied at a dog and then kicked over the dashboard, upsetting Anderson Crow's meagre dignity and almost doing the same to ...

— The Daughter of Anderson Crow • George Barr McCutcheon

... drew aside out of the road to let the vehicle pass. It was so dark that they could distinguish nothing clearly, and the lantern fastened to the dashboard of the buggy seemed but to throw into greater shadow the face of the occupant. To their surprise, the traveller ...

— Reels and Spindles - A Story of Mill Life • Evelyn Raymond

... a time of great peril. Mr. Miller clung tightly to the seat, and Bert shrank back between his knees. Davis, with feet braced against the dashboard, and reins gathered close in his hands, put forth all his great strength to control the horses, now flying over the narrow road at a wild gallop. Brown's Gully, already sombre with the shadows of evening, showed dark and deep before them. Just ...

— Bert Lloyd's Boyhood - A Story from Nova Scotia • J. McDonald Oxley

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