windscreen

noun

wind·​screen ˈwin(d)-ˌskrēn How to pronounce windscreen (audio)
1
: a screen that protects against the wind
2
chiefly British : windshield

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Unlike the typical backpacking canister stove that heats via an open flame – often heavily protected by a windscreen of some sort, but an open flame, nonetheless – the Ulti uses a catalytic combustion process that produces infrared radiation without a flame rising out of the burner body. New Atlas, 25 Jan. 2025 The price includes indoor and outdoor windscreens as well as a collar clip. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025 Still, a bike in this class is judged by its features, and there’s plenty of these on the GT-K: heated grips, heated seats, and an electrically adjustable windscreen. New Atlas, 11 Jan. 2025 The system is complemented by a dark screen with bright graphics at the lower edge of the windscreen for basic information. Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for windscreen 

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of windscreen was in 1858

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“Windscreen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/windscreen. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.

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