Definition of "volante" []

• A cumbrous two-wheeled pleasure carriage used in Cuba. (noun)

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• "Spanish word volante to any one I had sent on an errand, and that I had determined to GALLICISE the English word TO SIP, which means to drink in small quantities."
• "The volante is the vehicle which the Cubans specially affect; it is like a Hansom cab, but the wheels are much taller, six and a half feet high, and the black driver sits postillion-wise upon the horse."
• "Spanish word volante to any one I had sent on an errand, and that"