Landing

Land·ing

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.

A going or bringing on shore.
A place for landing, as from a ship, a carriage. etc.
The level part of a staircase, at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another. (Arch.)
The act or process of bringing an aircraft to land after having been in the air; as, the pilot made a perfect three-point landing. Contrasted with take-off. (Aeronautics)