Definitions
First sight or arrival at land after travel over water.
Word origin
From land + fall.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Arrival at shore”8 letters
02“First sight of shore”8 letters
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