(a.) Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging.
(a.) Giving trouble; vexatious.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Steinway's perambulations are a symbol of that cumbrous, precious heritage of images and ideas that the refugees from Hitler carried into exile.
Volante
Definition:
(n.) A cumbrous two-wheeled pleasure carriage used in Cuba.
Example Sentences:
(1) Certain types such as "chancre mou volant," however, could not be found in the present material.
(2) In Vietnam a true "flying ambulance," the medical helicopter, was obviously the final perfection of Larrey's ambulance volante.
(3) Over 950 students attending Volant Scorpion training during March-August 1988 reported the number and impact of tick bites and the personal protective measures used during their training at Little Rock Air Force Base.
(4) This study describes, quantifies, and compares the growth and development of the volant forelimb morphology of Myotis lucifugus with that of the terrestrial forelimb morphology of Rattus norvegicus.