Landing
Landing , adjective
Of, pertaining to, or used for, setting, bringing, or going, on shore.
Collocations (4)
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.
Landing , noun
1.
A going or bringing on shore.
2.
A place for landing, as from a ship, a carriage. etc.
3.
(Architecture) The level part of a staircase, at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.
4.
(Aeronautics) 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.
Collocations (1)
Landing place , me as Landing, n., 2 and 3.