Definition of "landfall" in English

noun

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.

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.