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landfall

Noun

land=fall

WORDNET DICTIONARY

landfall(n = noun.object) Array - the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water); Array

landfall(n = noun.act) Array - the first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water); Array

landfall, n.

A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner. [1913 Webster]
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.

landfall, n. the approach to land, esp. for the first time on a sea or air journey.

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