land rail

noun

corn crake.

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Origin of land rail

First recorded in 1760–70

Words nearby land rail

land office, land on, land patent, land plaster, land power, land rail, land rain, land reform, land sailing, land snail, land tax

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Example sentences from the Web for land rail

The wings are made of land-rail wing, and a little brown mallard, mixed nicely together.
Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c.|William Blacker
Buffon, however, takes it with the land-rail; Gould and Yarrell put it between the little crake and water-hen.
Love's Meinie|John Ruskin
In general appearance they resembled the land-rail, but were larger, and quite as heavy on the wing.
Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1.|J Lort Stokes
Not a sound broke the silence except the rough cry of the land-rail from the fields and the clatter of Missy's feet.
Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood|George MacDonald

Through the quiet air came the far-off rush of water, and the near cry of the land-rail.
The Portent and Other Stories|George MacDonald

British Dictionary definitions for land rail

land rail

noun

another name for corncrake

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