windshield

[wind-sheeld, win-]

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noun

a shield of glass, in one or more sections, projecting above and across the dashboard of an automobile.

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Also called, especially British, wind-screen.

Origin:
1900–05; wind¹ + shield

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windshield (ˈwɪndˌʃiːld)

—n
1.	(US), (Canadian) Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): windscreen the sheet of flat or curved glass that forms a window of a motor vehicle, esp the front window
2.	an object designed to shield something from the wind

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Word Origin & History

windshield

1902, from wind (n.) + shield. U.S. alternative to British windscreen (attested from 1905 in this sense).

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