Also 8 vole, voll. [F. vol flight, f. voler:—L. volāre to fly.] Two wings displayed and joined at the base.
1722. Nisbet, Syst. Her., II. v. I. 363. When two Wings are joined together, they are then called a Vole, or two Wings in Lure. Ibid. (1742), IV. v. II. 14. A Crown relevant with Flowers, and issuing out of it a Demi Lion between two Volls for Crest.
1780. Edmondson, Her., II. Vol, in the French blazon, is two wings conjoined and expanded.
1864. Boutell, Her. Hist. & Pop., x. (ed. 3), 64. The two wings of an Eagle displayed, when conjoined and borne as a charge, are blazoned as a Vol. Ibid., xxxii. 466. Out of a crest-coronet a vol az. and or.
