landing
the act of a person or thing that lands: The pilot brought his plane in for a landing.
a place where persons or goods are landed, as from a ship: The boat moored at the landing.
Architecture.
a platform between flights of stairs.
the floor at the head or foot of a flight of stairs.
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
1Other words from landing
- post·land·ing, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for landing
/ (ˈlændɪŋ) /
the act of coming to land, esp after a flight or sea voyage
(as modifier): landing place
a place of disembarkation
the floor area at the top of a flight of stairs or between two flights of stairs
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