landfall

landfall
landfall (n.) "sighting of land," 1620s, also "the first land 'made' on a sea voyage;" from LAND (Cf. land) (v.1) + FALL (Cf. fall) (v.) in the sense of "happen." From the days of imprecise nautical navigation.
Land-fall. The first land discovered after a sea voyage. Thus a good land fall implies the land expected or desired; a bad landfall the reverse. [John Hamilton Moore, "The New Practical Navigator," London, 1814]
Of hurricanes, by 1932.

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  • Landfall — Landfall, MN U.S. city in Minnesota Population (2000): 700 Housing Units (2000): 300 Land area (2000): 0.077806 sq. miles (0.201516 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.024254 sq. miles (0.062817 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.102060 sq. miles (0.264333 sq …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

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  • Landfall — Land fall, n. 1. A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) Sighting or making land when at sea. [1913 Webster] {A good landfall} (Naut.), the sighting of land in conformity with the navigator s …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • landfall — ► NOUN 1) an arrival at land on a sea or air journey. 2) a collapse of a mass of land …   English terms dictionary

  • landfall — [land′fôl΄] n. 1. a sighting of land from a ship at sea 2. the land sighted 3. a landing by ship or airplane …   English World dictionary

  • landfall — [[t]læ̱ndfɔːl[/t]] landfalls N VAR Landfall is the act of arriving somewhere after a journey at sea, or the land that you arrive at. By the time we had made landfall the boat looked ten years older! …   English dictionary

  • landfall — /land fawl /, n. 1. an approach to or sighting of land: The ship will make its landfall at noon tomorrow. 2. the land sighted or reached. 3. a landslide. [1620 30; LAND + FALL] * * * …   Universalium

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