Landing

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A going or bringing on shore.

II. Landing ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Land.

III. Landing ·noun A place for landing, as from a ship, a carriage. ·etc.

IV. Landing ·adj Of, pertaining to or used for, setting, bringing, or going, on shore.

V. Landing ·noun The level part of a staircase, at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.

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