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/lˈændɪŋ pleɪs/ Listen

noun

Landing n.

A going or bringing on shore.

A place for landing, as from a ship, a carriage. etc.

(Arch.) The level part of a staircase, at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.

(Aeronautics) 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.

Landing place. me as Landing, n., 2 and 3.

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Etymology of 'Landing place'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Landing place" Quotes from Famous Books

... I proceeded up the western arm, having from 3 to 8 fathoms close along the northern shore; and about four miles up, where the width was diminished to one mile, found a landing place, a rare convenience here, and ascended a hill from whence there was a good view. At five or six leagues to the south, and extending thence north-westward, was a continuation of the same chain of hills which rises near Bustard Bay and passes behind Mount Larcom; but at the back of Keppel ...

— A Voyage to Terra Australis Volume 2 • Matthew Flinders

... the English in martial array, pausing in the Narrows at five o'clock for the troops' evening meal, moving on before daylight of July 6 to the landing place. The Rangers had brought in word that Levis was coming posthaste to Montcalm's aid. Abercrombie thought to defeat Montcalm before reenforcements could come; and now he committed his cardinal error. He advanced across the portage without his heavy artillery. Halfway over, the voice ...

— Canada: the Empire of the North - Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom • Agnes C. Laut

... a landing place, and the gun was hauled ashore, again covered up, and conveyed to its position on our right during the night. General Birdwood outwitted the Turks that time, as they did not fire a shot ...

— Five Months at Anzac • Joseph Lievesley Beeston

... late when they reached it; but the weather was fine, there was a bright moon at night, and they determined to start back at once. They bought three thousand feet of boards, with which they formed a raft. Soon after the sun rose they reached the landing place near ...

— Taking Tales - Instructive and Entertaining Reading • W.H.G. Kingston

... difficult to push by. It was like passing along a densely-crowded thoroughfare. So numerous became the penguins that Hartog ordered a return to the boat. We did not like to kill these birds, as they appeared harmless, and the trust they showed in us was surprising. When we came to the landing place we found it covered with small fur-coated seals, who also showed no fear of us, and made no attempt to escape when we approached them. The skins of these creatures we knew to be rare and of value, so we were impelled to slaughter some of ...

— Adventures in Southern Seas - A Tale of the Sixteenth Century • George Forbes

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