D defs.my
Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Landfall

/lăn'-dfôlˌ/ · Land·fall · IPA /ˈlænd.fɔl/
01 n. A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner.
  1. 1.
    A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner.
  2. 2.
    Sighting or making land when at sea.(Naut.)
Phrases & compounds
A good landfall — the sighting of land in conformity with the navigator's reckoning and expectation.