volanten.
/vɒˈlanteɪ//vəˈlanteɪ/ A two-wheeled covered carriage drawn by a horse ridden by a postilion (frequently with another horse attached at the side), used in Spanish countries. Modern examples refer chiefly to Cuba.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > covered > two-wheeled covered
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1791 J. Townsend Journey Spain (1792) I. 105 You pay for a volanté with a good mule, attended by a guide, five shillings a day.
1817 M. Keating Trav. I. 55 He is an author for the closet (a snug parlour we should say in England), and not for a volante.
1854 J. R. Bartlett Personal Narr. Explor. & Incidents I. i. 8 Towards evening..we took a volante and drove out to the bishop's palace.
1878 J. T. Trowbridge Guy Vernon in G. P. Lathrop Masque of Poets 185 Drawn (behind a jaunty Black-faced postilion) in a gay volante.
Derivatives
volantier n. the owner or driver of a volante.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of specific type of carriage
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1791 J. Townsend Journey Spain (1792) I. 77 I left Montpellier at five in the morning with a volantier of Barcelona.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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