landfall Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water)
  2. noun the first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water)

WordNet


Land"fall noun
Definitions
  1. A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner.
  2. (Naut.) Sighting or making land when at sea.

Webster 1913