Arrival \Ar*riv"al\, n. [From Arrive.]

1. The act of arriving, or coming; the act of reaching a place from a distance, whether by water (as in its original sense) or by land.

Our watchmen from the towers, with longing eyes, Expect his swift arrival. --Dryden.

2. The attainment or reaching of any object, by effort, or in natural course; as, our arrival at this conclusion was wholly unexpected.

3. The person or thing arriving or which has arrived; as, news brought by the last arrival.

Another arrival still more important was speedily announced. --Macaulay.

4. An approach. [Obs.]

The house has a corner arrival. --H. Walpole.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)