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Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Landing

· Land·ing · IPA /ˈlændɪŋ/
01 a. Of, pertaining to, or used for, setting, bringing, or going, on shore.
  1. 1.
    Of, pertaining to, or used for, setting, bringing, or going, on shore.
Phrases & compounds
Landing charges — charges or fees paid on goods unloaded from a vessel.
Landing net — a small, bag-shaped net, used in fishing to take the fish from the water after being hooked.
Landing stage — a floating platform attached at one end to a wharf in such a manner as to rise and fall with the tide, and thus facilitate passage between the wharf and a vessel lying beside the stage.
Landing waiter — a customhouse officer who oversees the landing of goods, etc., from vessels; a landwaiter.
02 n. A going or bringing on shore.
  1. 1.
    A going or bringing on shore.
  2. 2.
    A place for landing, as from a ship, a carriage. etc.
  3. 3.
    The level part of a staircase, at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.(Arch.)
  4. 4.
    The act or process of bringing an aircraft to land after having been in the air; as, the pilot made a perfect three-point landing. Contrasted with take-off.(Aeronautics)
Phrases & compounds
Landing place — Same as Landing, n., 2 & 3.