landing

[ lan-ding ]
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noun
  1. the act of a person or thing that lands: The pilot brought his plane in for a landing.

  2. a place where persons or goods are landed, as from a ship: The boat moored at the landing.

  1. Architecture.

    • a platform between flights of stairs.

    • the floor at the head or foot of a flight of stairs.

  2. Shipbuilding.

    • the overlap of two plates or planks, as in a clinker-built shell.

    • the distance between the center of a rivet hole and the edge of the plate or shape into which it is cut.

Origin of landing

1
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at land, -ing1

Other words from landing

  • post·land·ing, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for landing

landing

/ (ˈlændɪŋ) /


noun
    • the act of coming to land, esp after a flight or sea voyage

    • (as modifier): landing place

  1. a place of disembarkation

  1. the floor area at the top of a flight of stairs or between two flights of stairs

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