wind-screen

[ wind-skreen, win- ]
/ ˈwɪndˌskrin, ˈwɪn- /

noun Chiefly British.

windshield.

Origin of wind-screen

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby wind-screen

wind-broken, wind-chill, wind-chill factor, wind-down, wind-pollinated, wind-screen, wind-shaken, wind-sucking, wind-swept, windable, windage

Example sentences from the Web for windscreen

  • Through his windscreen he caught a glimpse of Allison and his hand stiffened on the control.

    A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. |Rutherford G. Montgomery

  • Well, it had just thirty-seven bullet holes in it, including one through the windscreen, a foot off his head.

    Air Men o' War |Boyd Cable

  • Stan saw a spread of fuselage and a wing through his windscreen and he pressed the gun button.

    A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. |Rutherford G. Montgomery

British Dictionary definitions for windscreen

windscreen
/ (ˈwɪndˌskriːn) /

noun

British, Australian, NZ and Southern African the sheet of flat or curved glass that forms a window of a motor vehicle, esp the front window US and Canadian name: windshield