OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 35233

landfall

/ˈlænd.fɔːl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
arribada • arribaje • aterrada • recalada
An arrival at the shore by a ship, or sighting of the shore from a ship.
Lighthouses are usually the first aids seen when making landfall.
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!
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