Definitions for: Landfall


[n] the first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water)
[n] the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water)



Webster (1913) Definition: Land"fall, n.
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.

See Also: coast, seacoast, sea-coast, seashore, sighting

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