Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈvəʊlənt/
volant (not comparable)
- (heraldry) Having extended wings as if flying.
- (heraldry) Represented as unsupported in the air.
- Flying, or able to fly.
- Moving quickly or lightly, as though flying; nimble.
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 209:
- he turned to catch through the trees a flitting glimpse of her light dress, her volant attitude, as she sped silently and secretly back to the waiting group on the porch.
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 209:
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