land rail

noun

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Origin of land rail

First recorded in 1760–70

Words nearby land rail

land patent, land plaster, land-poor, land power, landrace, land rail, land rain, land reform, Landrost, Landrum-Griffin Act, Landry

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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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