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▪ I. splasher1|ˈsplæʃə(r)|
[f. splash v.1]
1. a. A guard placed over or beside a wheel to prevent splashing or accidental contact.
1848Q. Rev. Dec. 50 Cylinders, connecting-rods, splashers, leading and trailing wheels, &c.,..of which a locomotive engine is composed. 1875in Knight Dict. Mech. 2279.
b. A splash-board.
1887United Service Gaz. 25 June, A semi-state landau, with..splasher in front, in place of the Salisbury boot or hammer cloth.
2. A flat board strapped to the foot for walking on soft ground or mud.
1859H. C. Folkard Wild-Fowler 99 Immediately after the gun was fired, the fowler or his assistant had to put on splashers and proceed over the ooze. 1887Chambers's Jrnl. IV. 2 Boys and girls..went out on them with ‘splashers’ on their feet to gather shellfish.
3. A piece of cloth or the like hung behind a washstand to protect the wall from splashes. U.S. Obs. exc. Hist.
1895Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 123/1 Stamped Splashers, white cotton duck; size, 18 × 28 inches. Ibid. 577/2 Toilet Splasher for protecting wall above washstand, etc., waterproof, made of sewed wood splints, to roll up. 1905D. Belasco in M. J. Moses Representative Amer. Dramas (1925) ii. 73/1 A washstand, backed by a ‘splasher’ of white oilcloth, is near the bed. 1945Sun (Baltimore) 20 June 4-o/3 The furnishings of the Victorian style bedroom were simple linen scarfs... They were used on the flat surfaces, and ‘splashers’ of linen were fastened to the wall back of the washstand.
▪ II. ˈsplasher2 dial.
[f. splash v.2]
An implement used in pleaching; a splashing-bill.
1868Daily News 26 Dec., She laid hold of a hedge splasher,..and M‘Quade got hold of an old cavalry sword. 1881in Evans Leic. Gloss. |