windshield
Speech parts
1. windshield - Noun
2. windshield - Verb
Meaning
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.
(Canada, US) A transparent screen made of glass, located at the front and back of a vehicle in front of its occupants to protect them from the wind force generated by the vehicle's speed and inclement weather.
The freezing rain covered our windshield with ice and we couldn't see a thing.
windshield (third-person singular simple present windshields, present participle windshielding, simple past and past participle windshielded)
(transitive) To install a windshield on.
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Examples
In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.
And presently I was driving through the drizzle of the dying day, with the windshield wipers in full action but unable to cope with my tears.
Time sneaks up on you like a windshield on a bug.
You know, I remember Career Day in high school. I remember plumbers and lawyers... I don't remember a booth where you could sign up to learn how to shoot chickens out of a cannon at the windshield of an airplane, 'cause there would have been a line at my school to do that!
Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.
Still sneering, she looked at me quickly, and let out the clutch. I was thrown against the seat, then against the windshield. We were jammed between two other cars. She banged into one, and then into the other, her way of letting me know what a fool I had been.