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.
3.
Architecture.
a.
a platform between flights of stairs.
b.
the floor at the head or foot of a flight of stairs.
4.
Shipbuilding.
a.
the overlap of two plates or planks, as in a clinker-built shell.
b.
the distance between the center of a rivet hole and the edge of the plate or shape into which it is cut.
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Landings
is always a great word to know.
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
landing
c.1600, place for boats; of stairs, first attested 1789; from land (v.1).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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