n. Any elevated object on land which serves as a guide to mariners, such as a hill or steeple.
n. A beacon, buoy, etc. placed in the sea to aid navigation.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Any elevated object on land which serves as a guide to mariners; a beacon; a landmark visible from the sea, as a hill, a tree, a steeple, or the like.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Any elevated object on land which serves for a direction to mariners in entering a harbor, or in sailing along or approaching a coast; a beacon, as a light-house, a mountain, etc.
Word Usage
"Onward they sailed along the south bank of the estuary, past the great sea-carved stone arches of “Île Percée” that made it an important seamark."