windscreen-wiper

See also: windscreen wiper

English

Noun

windscreen-wiper (plural windscreen-wipers)

1. Alternative form of windscreen wiper.
   • 1994 August 7, Irving Wardle, “Edinburgh Festival 1994: Without any word of mouth”, in The Independent‎, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 November 2010:

     The programme book for the Berlin production opens with the image of an empty car whose windscreen-wipers mysteriously start up; […]

   • 2001 January 2, “Professor John Green”, in The Daily Telegraph‎, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 February 2016:

     Powered by electric motors designed for aircraft windscreen-wipers, the tiny trains were capable of giving a ride to Green and a lucky child down the garden and back.

   • 2006 April 11, Giles Smith, “Never mind the obscurity of the badge”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 September 2014:

     Not even the windscreen-wipers interrupt the smoothness of the lines arching back through the low-pitched, coupe-style windscreen.