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- Dictionarylandfall/ˈlan(d)fɔːl/
noun
- 1. an arrival at land on a sea or air journey: "we planned a day with landfalls at Hrensko and Bad Schandau"
- 2. a collapse of a mass of land; a landslide: "a landfall had blocked off the river centuries back"
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the first land that is reached or seen at the end of a journey across the sea or through the air, or the fact of arriving there: Shannon Airport in Ireland was the first European landfall for planes flying from North America. After a long and gruelling flight, they finally made landfall in Florida.
1. : a sighting of land after a voyage or flight. 2. : a reaching of land (as by a traveler, craft, or storm) 3. : the land first sighted on a voyage or flight. Examples of landfall in a Sentence. From the deck of the boat, we saw our first landfall.
LANDFALL meaning: 1. the first land that is reached or seen at the end of a journey across the sea or through the…. Learn more.
Landfall is the act of arriving somewhere after a journey at sea, or the land that you arrive at.
Landfall definition: an approach to or sighting of land. See examples of LANDFALL used in a sentence.
Landfall is the first glimpse of land when you're on a boat. It can also mean the moment your boat touches the shore, like when your kayak makes landfall on a remote island. If you're traveling at sea, arriving at your destination is landfall.
Landfall is the event of a storm moving over land after being over water. More broadly, and in relation to human travel, it refers to 'the first land that is reached or seen at the end of a journey across the sea or through the air, or the fact of arriving there.
