Carolina rail

noun

1. sora.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Carolina rail¹

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

Example Sentences

An Amtrak train carrying nearly 500 passengers collided with an SUV at a South Carolina rail crossing before dawn Saturday, leaving three of the SUV’s four occupants dead, authorities said.

From Washington Post

Charlotte, North Carolina: Rail Trail Grove & Field, $150,200, creating a place to connect with nature and neighbors along Charlotte’s light rail line.

From Washington Times

It’s a safe bet that none of them had ever traveled to Stanley, a North Carolina rail town of 3,600 where construction workers, plumbers and an off-duty sheriff’s deputy watched Hillary Clinton’s concession speech from Pete's Grill on Main Street.

From Los Angeles Times

Rail′-bird, the Carolina rail.—Golden rail, a rail snipe.

From Project Gutenberg

The clapper's cousin, the sora, or Carolina rail, so well known to gunners, alas! if not to "every child," delights to live wherever wild rice grows along inland lakes and rivers or along the coast.

From Project Gutenberg