Meaning of Landfall | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An arrival at the shore by a ship, or sighting of the shore from a ship.
   countable, uncountable
2. The point at which a hurricane or similar storm reaches land.
   countable, uncountable
3. The first land discovered after a sea voyage.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
4. A landslip.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“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.”

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