†(a) (apparently) a board for holding writing implements (obsolete rare); (b) a surface of a device, into which instruments are installed; (now…

a panel of a switchboard or a surface of a device, into which instruments are installed; (now chiefly) a surface on which instrument gauges or…

Now esp. in motor vehicles; = dashboard, n. 1b.

In motor vehicles, the panel beneath the windscreen on which electrical instruments and controls are mounted. Also in aircraft.

Chiefly in form facia. attributive (in sense 2), as fascia-board, fascia-panel, etc.

Architecture. Chiefly in form facia. The instrument panel or dashboard of a motor vehicle. See also compounds.

Chiefly in form facia. attributive (in sense 2), as fascia-board, fascia-panel, etc.