mudflap
noun/ˈmʌdˌflæp/
Etymology From mud + flap.
1
A rectangular flap mounted near the wheel of a motor vehicle (especially a truck) to prevent mud or rocks from being thrown up (by the wheel), either onto the body panels or into the path of vehicles following behind.
- Yohji Yamamoto showed Alpine knits with cropped black trousers, fresh-looking coats in vanilla-colored wool, and knits and other wool colors embellished with the sort of female pinup images you see on old gas-station calendars or on the mudflaps of an 18-wheeler.2007 February 1, Cathy Horyn, “The Good, the Bad, the Amusing”, in New York Times:
- Derived terms
- mudflap girl