wind·shield

[wind-sheeld, win-]
noun
a shield of glass, in one or more sections, projecting above and across the dashboard of an automobile.
Also called, especially British, wind-screen.


Origin:
1900–05; wind1 + shield

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windshield (ˈwɪndˌʃiːld) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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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windshield
1902, from wind (n.) + shield. U.S. alternative to British windscreen (attested from 1905 in this sense).
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Example sentences
The same day, another couple was driving a boat on the river when a sturgeon
  jumped up and smashed into the boat's windshield.
It forms a line across the windshield, and makes immediate sense of the
  airplane's movements.
The darkening was from dirt that landed on the windshield and blocked the light.
No, because the ash the ash is pulverized rock it can scratch up the
  windshield, too.
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