windshield

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The windshield (sense 1) of a 1959 Edsel Corsair.
A cross-section of an armor-piercing artillery shell, with the windshield (sense 3) in blue.

Etymology

wind +‎ shield

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Noun

windshield (plural windshields)

  1. (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.
  2. A cover for a microphone to exclude airy noises such as wind and breathing.
  3. (military) A lightweight aerodynamic fairing mounted on the nose of an armor-piercing shell to reduce drag and increase range.

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Verb

windshield (third-person singular simple present windshields, present participle windshielding, simple past and past participle windshielded)

  1. (transitive) To install a windshield on.
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