landfall
nounUK /ˈlænd.fɔːl/ · US /ˈlænd.fɔl/
Etymology From land + fall.
1
An arrival at the shore by a 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.
1 more example
- old stereotypes about American Indian culture that non-Indians have been creating and collecting since Columbus' landfall.1986 February 15, Patricia Clark Smith, “A Fresh Wind in the Museum: The Sacred Hoop”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 39, page B7:
2
The point at which a hurricane or similar storm reaches land.
3
Obsolete The first land discovered after a sea voyage.
4
A landslip.
- Derived terms
- make landfall