Both Uses of
landmark
in
Ethan Frome
- Two or three times some ghostly landmark sprang up to warn us that we were astray, and then was sucked back into the mist; and when we finally regained our road the old horse began to show signs of exhaustion.†
Chpt Open *
- Nevertheless he sat still a moment, straining his eyes down the long hill, for it was the most confusing hour of the evening, the hour when the last clearness from the upper sky is merged with the rising night in a blur that disguises landmarks and falsifies distances.†
Chpt 9
Definition:
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(landmark) something very important
or:
something easily recognized (such as a monument, building, or geographic feature) -- especially one that is a tourist destination or that helps you know where you are