Dashboard

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The float of a paddle wheel.

II. Dashboard ·noun A screen at the bow af a steam launch to keep off the spray;

— called also sprayboard.

III. Dashboard ·noun 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.