Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A shield or protection against the force of the wind.

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Examples

  • “Not today,” I say, pointing to the Vegas Strip outside my wind-shield.

    Soul Trapper F. J. Lennon 2011

  • “Not today,” I say, pointing to the Vegas Strip outside my wind-shield.

    Soul Trapper F. J. Lennon 2011

  • Its rays through the wind-shield, which felt gloriously warm on my face at the beginning of the ride, are now uncomfortably hot, and I feel like an ant under a magnifying glass about to be incinerated.

    Left Neglected Lisa Genova 2011

  • Its rays through the wind-shield, which felt gloriously warm on my face at the beginning of the ride, are now uncomfortably hot, and I feel like an ant under a magnifying glass about to be incinerated.

    Left Neglected Lisa Genova 2011

  • When 3R-C vehicle is in motion, the canopy becomes an enveloping wind-shield that provides the pilot, who sits low in the vehicle, with significant protection from the bodywork and doors.

    February 2010 - Fareastgizmos.com 2010

  • Ice froze over even more, then squinted out the wind-shield at the rising sun.

    Possess Me At Midnight SHAYLA BLACK 2009

  • Ice froze over even more, then squinted out the wind-shield at the rising sun.

    Possess Me At Midnight SHAYLA BLACK 2009

  • Ice froze over even more, then squinted out the wind-shield at the rising sun.

    Possess Me At Midnight SHAYLA BLACK 2009

  • When he had run his thumbs along the wind-shield, he had jumped very slowly, ponderously on the hood of the car, his feet landing with the soft thud of a hardcover book with one thousand seven hundred and twelve pages.

    A short, nonsense story about colours, sounds and Big Mo 2009

  • As for the paddling conditions — well, he said, it all looked workable from the wind-shield of a Super Cub.

    Whitewater, Survival, and the Best Salmon Fishing in Alaska 2007

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