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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From blato + braniti.
Possible calque of Italian parafango or French garde-boue, attested since at least 1930.
Pronunciation
Noun
blȁtobrān n (Cyrillic spelling бла̏тобра̄н)
- fender (US), wing (UK) (panel of a car which encloses the wheel area)
1930, Miroslav Krleža, Kniježevnik, number GOD. III BROJ 1:Jurio je po ovim našim cestama sa svojim Austro -Daimlerom sa 110 km na sat, i kad bi sluge prali Austro-Daimler poslije takve ture, s mašine i blatobrana samo je vrcalo perje gusaka, kokoši i raca, što su ostale pod Klanfarovim pneumaticima- He raced along these roads of ours with his Austro-Daimler at 110 km per hour, and when the servants would wash the Austro-Daimler after such a tour, the machine and fenders would only have feathers of geese, chickens and ducks, which remained under Klanfar's tires.
1935, Zdenka Jušić-Seunik, “Ono jače od odluke”, in ПРЕГЛЕД, number Година ІХ, Књига XI:Nije ni čuo signal automobila koji se pojavio pred njim. Reflektori sunuše pred njim, vrisak se prolomi. Blatobran ga je zahvatio i odbacio u kraj . Lupnuo je glavom u rub pločnika. Pred očima mu zaigralo.- He didn't even hear the signal of the car that appeared in front of him. Spotlights flashed before him, a scream broke out. The mudguard caught him and threw him to the end. He hit his head on the edge of the pavement. It danced before his eyes.
Further reading
- “blatobran”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024