See Also: Showboat(money)

landfall (iou) and Showboat (money)


landfall (iou)



landfall noun. E17.
[from LAND noun1 + FALL noun2.]
The arrival at or sighting of land from the sea. Now also, (an) arrival at land after a flight over the sea. E17.
make a good landfall, make a bad landfall meet with land in accordance with or contrary to one's navigational intentions.
C. Ryan Wreathed by flak bursts, the huge armada made landfall over the Dutch coast.
b. A place on land sighted or reached after a journey over the sea. L19.
T. Brassey The Bahamas will be for ever memorable as the landfall of Columbus.
c. A place where an undersea pipeline reaches land. L20.
Selling Today Aberdeen, the nearest landfall and port to the Forties field.
An unexpected inheritance of land. M18.

Showboat (money)


Definition: To show off.