windscreen
noun
wind·screen
ˈwin(d)-ˌskrēn 
1
: a screen that protects against the wind
2
chiefly British
: windshield
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It's rated for a top speed of 55 mph (89 km/h), but the lack of a windscreen and the resulting threat of frostbite kept me from that speed.
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Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 11 Feb. 2025
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
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Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 11 Feb. 2025
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
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“Windscreen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/windscreen. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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