- Landing stage
- Landing Land"ing, a.
Of, pertaining to, or used for, setting, bringing, or going,
on shore.
[1913 Webster]
{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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
