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landing

[ lan-ding ]

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noun

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.
1. a platform between flights of stairs.
2. the floor at the head or foot of a flight of stairs.
Shipbuilding.
1. the overlap of two plates or planks, as in a clinker-built shell.
2. the distance between the center of a rivet hole and the edge of the plate or shape into which it is cut.

landing

/ ˈlændɪŋ /

1. the act of coming to land, esp after a flight or sea voyage
2. ( 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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Origin of landing¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; land, -ing ¹

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The Lion Air captain had left his rookie copilot to make the landing until he realized he was in trouble.

Pages from the Quran fluttered in the air before landing gently on the rubble.

Pan Am was granted landing rights at Camp Colombia, an army base near Havana.

We got to the landing and ran through the open door bin Laden entered.

A pair of shots chiseled into the wall behind the second story landing.

In 1634 he also prohibited the landing of tobacco any where except at the quay near the custom house in London.

I've been sailing one way for ever so long, because I don't know how to turn around; but there's a landing-place just ahead.

There were machine guns here which wiped out the landing parties whenever they tried to get ashore North of the present line.

A full General landing to inspect overseas is entitled to a salute of 17 guns—well, I got my dues.

Nevertheless, both our arrival that evening and our landing the next morning were very quiet and peaceful.

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