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landfall
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As a noun, landfall means arrival at the shore by ship, or sighting of the shore from a ship.
Meanings of landfall
6 meaningsnoun
Arrival at the shore by ship, or sighting of the shore from a 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.
A landslip.
The seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water)
The first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water)
Older and rare meanings (1)
obsoleteThe first land discovered after a sea voyage.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).