A good landfall (Naut.), the sighting of land in conformity with the
navigator's reckoning and expectation.
Land"flood` (?), n. An overflowing of land by river; an inundation; a
freshet. Clarendon.
Land"grave` (?), n. [G. landgraf; land land + graf earl, count; cf. D.
landgraaf, F. landgrave.] A German nobleman of a rank corresponding to
that of an earl in England and of a count in France.
The title was first adopted by some German counts in the twelfth
century, to distinguish themselves from the inferior counts under their
jurisdiction. Three of them were princes of the empire.
Land*gra"vi*ate (?), n. [Cf. F. landgraviat.] 1. The territory held by
a landgrave.