Thesaurus: landfall

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1. n. A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner.
2. n. Sighting or making land when at sea.
3. n. the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water)
4. n. the first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water)
5. 1. A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner. 2. (Naut.) Sighting or making land when at sea. A good landfall (Naut.), the sighting of land in conformity with the navigator's reckoning and expectation.
6. Sighting or making land when at sea. A good landfall (Naut.),the sighting of land in conformity with the navigator's reckoning andexpectation.
7. n:100 n. the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water) n. the first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water)