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Crake   Listen
noun
Crake  n.  (Zool.) Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Crake" Quotes from Famous Books



... the great lion banner waving over us and the red oriflamme in front, amid the shouting of my fellows and the twanging of the strings. But let it be sword, lance, or bolt that strikes me down: for I should think it shame to die from an iron ball from the fire-crake or bombard or any such unsoldierly weapon, which is only fitted to scare babes with its foolish ...
— The White Company • Arthur Conan Doyle



Words linked to "Crake" :   land rail, corncrake, Porzana porzana, spotted crake, rail



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