landfall Hear it!

landfall definition

land·fall (land′fôl′)

noun

  1. a sighting of land from a ship at sea
  2. the land sighted
  3. a landing by ship or airplane

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.