land rail


Origin of land rail

1
First recorded in 1760–70

Words Nearby land rail

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How to use land rail in a sentence

  • The land rail is considered a delicate article of food, and has long been prized as such.

  • 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
  • The water-rail, and corncrake or land-rail, are also allied to the Gallinules.

    Bible Animals; | J. G. Wood
  • Through the quiet air came the far-off rush of water, and the near cry of the land-rail.

  • In general appearance they resembled the land-rail, but were larger, and quite as heavy on the wing.

British Dictionary definitions for land rail

land rail

noun
  1. another name for corncrake

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