'A good landfall' definitions:

Definition of 'A good landfall'

From: GCIDE
  • Landfall \Land"fall\, n.
  • 1. A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Naut.) Sighting or making land when at sea. [1913 Webster]
  • A good landfall (Naut.), the sighting of land in conformity with the navigator's reckoning and expectation. [1913 Webster]