Crossword clues for volante
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.
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.
Wikipedia
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, since 1887
- The Midfielder position in association football (Volante means defensive midfielder in Brazilian language but midfielder elsewhere in Latin America)
- Former Brazilian soldiers combatting cangaceiros
- Reparto volanti or Squadra volante, Flying Squad of the Italian State Police
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.