Land"ing , n.
1. A going
or bringing on shore.
2. A place for landing, as from a ship, a carriage. etc.
3. (Arch.) The level part of a staircase, at the top of a flight of
stairs, or connecting one flight with another.
Landing place. me as Landing, n.,
2 and 3.
Land"ing , a. Of, pertaining to, or used for, setting, bringing, or going, on shore.
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.
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