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Webster 1913 Edition
Landfall
Land′fall
,Noun.
1.
A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner.
2.
(Naut.)
Sighting or making land when at sea.
A good landfall
(Naut.)
, the sighting of land in conformity with the navigator’s reckoning and expectation.
Webster 1828 Edition
Landfall
LAND'FALL
,Noun.
1.
A sudden translation of property in land by the death of a rich man.2.
In seamen's language, the first land discovered after a voyage.Definition 2024
landfall
landfall
English
Noun
landfall (plural landfalls)
- Arrival at the shore by ship.
- We made landfall at the most god-forsaken, barren, desolate, and hellish location possible to image; and we were grateful, anything to get off that ship!
- Lighthouses are usually the first aids seen when making landfall.
- The point at which a hurricane or similar storm reaches land.
- (obsolete) The first land discovered after a sea voyage.
Translations
arrival of a ship at the shore
place at which a storm reaches the land
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Derived terms
- make landfall