dashboard

The dashboard of a modern minibus (right-hand drive).

Meanings

Noun

  • A panel beneath the windshield of a vehicle or aircraft containing indicator gauges, compartments, and sometimes controls and indicator lights.
  • An upturned screen of wood or leather placed on the front of a horse-drawn carriage, sleigh or other vehicle that protected the driver from mud, debris, water and snow thrown up by the horse's hooves.
  • A graphical user interface in the form of or resembling a motor car dashboard.
  • The float of a paddle wheel.

Verb

  • To organize in a dashboard format.

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Origin

  • From dash + board for meaning 1. Possibly expanded meaning later.

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