Found 2 items, similar to landfall.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: landfall landfall n 1: the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water) 2: the first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water)
English → English (gcide) Definition: Landfall Landfall \Land"fall\, n. 1. A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) Sighting or making land when at sea. [1913 Webster] A good landfall (Naut.), the sighting of land in conformity with the navigator's reckoning and expectation. [1913 Webster]