instrument panel
noun
Also called instrument board.
a panel on which are mounted an array of dials, lights, and gauges that monitor the performance of a machine or device, as an airplane.
Automotive.
dashboard(def 1).
Origin of instrument panel
First recorded in 1930–35
Words nearby instrument panel
Example sentences from the Web for instrument panel
Kenniston glanced at the instrument-panel with a practiced eye and then squinted at the void ahead.
The World with a Thousand Moons |Edmond Hamilton
British Dictionary definitions for instrument panel
instrument panel
instrument board
noun
a panel on which instruments are mounted, as on a car
See also dashboard
an array of instruments, gauges, etc, mounted to display the condition or performance of a machine or process