splashern.1
/ˈsplaʃə/ 1.
a. A guard placed over or beside a wheel to prevent splashing or accidental contact.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > sleeves, coverings, or screens
spring box1696
jacket1815
faceplate1827
shoe1837
jacketing1842
splasher1848
splash-board1850
sleeve1865
shield1888
sleeving1923
mesh1926
1848 Q. Rev. Dec. 50 Cylinders, connecting-rods, splashers, leading and trailing wheels, &c.,..of which a locomotive engine is composed.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2279
b. A splash-board.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > parts of > board or leather apron at front
apron1790
dashing-leather1794
knee-boot1794
splashing-board1809
splash-board1826
boot1828
dashboard1847
apron-cloth1857
dasher1858
dash1868
splasher1887
storm apron1895
1887 United 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.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boards fastened to foot > [noun]
glib-board1682
mud-patten1791
mud board1824
backstay1830
splasher1859
backster1867
mud-splasher1880
1859 H. 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.
1887 Chambers's Jrnl. 4 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. Obsolete exc. Historical.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [noun] > protective panel
splash-board1868
splasher1895
backsplash1920
splashback1926
1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 123/1 Stamped Splashers, white cotton duck; size, 18 × 28 inches.
1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 577/2 Toilet Splasher for protecting wall above washstand, etc., waterproof, made of sewed wood splints, to roll up.
1925 D. Belasco Girl of Golden West ii, in M. J. Moses Representative Amer. Dramas 73/1 A washstand, backed by a ‘splasher’ of white oilcloth, is near the bed.
1945 Sun (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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
splashern.2
dialect.
An implement used in pleaching; a splashing-bill.
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the world > food and drink > farming > hedging > [noun] > hedging implements
hedge-bill1497
hedging-bill1497
staff-hook?1523
plashing-bill?a1549
plashing-tool?a1549
hack-hook1771
rice knife1858
splasher1868
hedge trimmer1871
splashing-bill1899
1868 Daily News 26 Dec. She laid hold of a hedge splasher,..and M‘Quade got hold of an old cavalry sword.
1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.)
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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