Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Landing \Land"ing\, n.
   1. A going or bringing on shore.

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

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

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

Source : WordNet®

landing place
     n : structure providing a place where boats can land people or
         goods [syn: {landing}]