landfall
(noun) the first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water)
landfall
(noun) the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
landfall (countable and uncountable, plural landfalls)
Arrival at the shore by ship.
The point at which a hurricane or similar storm reaches land.
(obsolete) The first land discovered after a sea voyage.
A landslip.
Source: Wiktionary
Land"fall, n.
1. A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner.
2. (Naut.)
Definition: Sighting or making land when at sea. A good landfall (Naut.), the sighting of land in conformity with the navigator's reckoning and expectation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
