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Ben stood aside then but, as the carriage passed him, he laid his hand on the splashboard and walked beside it.

There is a splashboard, an unusual luxury in carriages of this kind.

His jacket was of velveteen, and he had large, iron-shod boots, which were perched upon the splashboard in front of him.

I saw the red and blue cart come in—the piebald pony lame, and the splashboard all leaves and blood, but no Harry Foster to be seen anywhere.

I seized the reins in the nick of time, just as they were slipping over the splashboard, and bracing myself for the effort, succeeded in bringing the team to a standstill.