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Shield behind a wheel
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mudguard
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Word definitions for mudguard in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a curved piece above the wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle to protect the rider from water or mud thrown up by the wheels [syn: splash guard , splash-guard ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. a cover over the wheels of a vehicle, or a flap behind that wheel, to prevent water and mud being project#Verb.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Bullets were passing quite close overhead, and one ricocheted off a front mudguard . ▪ He noticed the blood on the mudguard of Mr Browning's Renault 25 the day after his arrival. ▪ No, it was Fly-Mo, the fastest thing on two ...
Usage examples of mudguard.
The rear wheels locked and went into a fierce sideways skid, and then, with a marvellous crunch of mudguards and metal, we went crashing into the hedge.
O ye unshaven angels of peace, spread your wings, bestir your battered mudguards and settle in places like this: Pluto Mine, between Schalke and Wanne.
It had been stripped of heater and mudguards and floor mats and all but the legal minimum of lights, but at least it was in sound running condition and the trailer was in good shape.
Draped over the bonnet and across the wide mudguards lay the bleeding carcasses of the antelopes.
It was a vast, battered estate car, with rusting mudguards and peeling paint, and mud caked on the hubs of the wheels.
It was a dark-green grocer's van, tall and squared, with smart black mudguards and a newly washed look.