Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Landing \Land"ing\, a.
   Of, pertaining to or used for, setting, bringing, or going,
   on shore.

   {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.