Definition of "volant"

volant

/ˈvəʊlənt/

adjective
not comparable
1. (heraldry) Having extended wings as if flying.
  Quotations
  Crest - A horseshoe ar. betw. two wings volant sa. Farrer
  1864, Bernard Burke, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales: Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time, page 342
  A demi-ostrich, wings volant proper.
  1924, The Publications of the Harleian Society, page 73
2. (heraldry) Represented as unsupported in the air. A marlet volant.
  Quotations
  A martlet volant. Motto - In Deo solo spes mea. Kay
  1864, Bernard Burke, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales: Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time, page 553
3. Flying, or able to fly.
  Quotations
  Alexander the Great […] lanced himself in manner of a Star Volant in the Air, leaping out of the East into the West, […]
  1657, Philemon Holland, The Philosophie, Commonly Called, the Morals, Written by the Learned Philosopher, Plutarch, page 525
4. Moving quickly or lightly, as though flying; nimble.
  Quotations
  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, published 2005, page 209