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volante
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Volante (meaning "flying" and "steering wheel" in several languages) may refer to: Volante (carriage) , 2-wheeled carriage Volante (horse) , a racehorse, the 1885 American Derby winner The Volante , newspaper of the University of South Dakota, United States, ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Volante \Vo*lan"te\, n. [Sp., prop., flying.] A two-wheeled carriage formerly much used in Cuba. The body is in front of the axle; the driver rides on the horse.
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context historical English) A cumbrous two-wheeled pleasure carriage used in Cuba. The body is in front of the axle; the driver rides on the horse.
Usage examples of volante.
At the opening of the session in June, the members were divided into three parties, namely, the cavaliers or Jacobites, the revolutioners, the squadrone volante, or flying squadron, headed by the marquis of Tweedale, who disclaimed the other two factions, and pretended to act from the dictates of conscience alone.
Susan si mise di nuovo al volante, Blair montò come una fucilata vicino a lei e, quando aprii la portiera laterale, vidi Belinda lì e mi catapultai dentro, tra le sue braccia.
With a hull of aluminum and magnesium alloy, two Daimler-Benz four-stroke Diesels supercharged by twin Brown-Boveri turbo superchargers, the Disco Volante could move her hundred tons at around fifty knots, with a cruising range at that speed of around four hundred miles.