Landfall Definition

lăndfôl
noun
A sighting of land from a ship at sea.
Webster's New World
The land sighted.
Webster's New World
A landing by ship or airplane.
Webster's New World
The reaching of land by an oceanic storm or a part, especially the eye, of a storm.
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Other Word Forms of Landfall

Noun

Singular:
landfall
Plural:
landfalls

Landfall Sentence Examples

  • It is possible that Professor Fernald may show conclusively that Leif's landfall was north of the St Lawrence.

  • The Danish antiquarian Rafn, in his monumental Antiquitates Ainericanae, published in 1837, and much discussed in America at that time, held for Rhode Island as Leif's landfall and the locality of Thorfinn's colony.

  • Everything needs to be ready, especially if the hurricane shifts to make landfall.

  • San Salvador, however, claims historical precedence as the landfall of Columbus on his memorable voyage.

  • It made landfall near Galveston, Texas, as a Category 2 hurricane.

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Words Starting With

LLALAN

Words Ending With

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With L8 Letter Words Ending With L