1. windscreen - Noun
2. windscreen - Verb
(Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore) A transparent screen made of glass, located at the front of a vehicle in order to protect its occupants from the wind and weather.
Oh no! A vandal has just smashed our windscreen! Susan, can you go and call the insurance company?
A cover for a microphone to exclude airy noises such as wind and breathing.
(military) A lightweight aerodynamic fairing mounted on the nose of an armor-piercing shell to reduce drag and increase range.
windscreen (third-person singular simple present windscreens, present participle windscreening, simple past and past participle windscreened)
(transitive) To install a windscreen on.
Besides a sign stuck to the windscreen identifying their vehicles as an MOH conveyance service, there is nothing else to distinguish them from other taxis on the roads. Source: Internet
A driver displays Uber and Lyft ride sharing signs in his car windscreen in Santa Monica, California, U.S., May 23, 2016. Source: Internet
Dakar debutant Fernando Alonso (left), the two-time former Formula One champion, lost more than an hour after double rolling his car, an accident that saw the Spaniard carry on driving with no windscreen. Source: Internet
Cut into it and you’ll find the granite riddled with long spidery lines like a shattered car windscreen. Source: Internet
Graham, 1996, p. 160. The outer windscreen of the cockpit was made of quartz and was fused ultrasonically to the titanium frame. Source: Internet
A piece of large plastic came off the windscreen of the boat and decapitated Campbell. Source: Internet