landing
/ˈlændɪŋ/ noun B2- An arrival at a surface, as of an airplane or any descending object.
- An amphibious or airborne invasion.
- A place on a shoreline where a boat lands.
- A level area at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.
- The amount of fish caught, as in a specific area or on a particular expedition.
Plural landings
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Kaa had only just worked his way over the west wall, landing with a wrench that dislodged a coping stone into the ditch.
The girls had discovered that if the flat were pushed off from the landing place it would drift down with the current under the bridge and finally strand itself on another headland lower down which ran out at a curve in the pond.
That sharp stake at the landing had torn off the strip of batting nailed on the flat.
Left behind at the landing!
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