volante

[ voh-lahn-tey; Italian vaw-lahn-te ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

, Music.

Origin of volante¹

1785–95; < Italian: volant

The public vehicle called a victoria is a sort of four-wheeled calash, and it has entirely superseded the volante for city use.

Page 292, Footnote 129: 'quas ivolante' corrected to 'quasi volante'.

He wears a double breastplate, of which the outer piece is called volante.

The most common carriage is the volante, but there are some carriages in the English style, with servants in livery on the box.

Here and there we pass a private volante, distinguished by rich silver mountings and postilions in livery.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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