landing

Etymology

noun

1. An arrival at a surface, as of an airplane or any descending object.
2. A place on a shoreline where a boat lands.
3. A level area at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.
   She crept up the stairs … On she went, across the landing, from which sprang the tall window, and up the next flight until she reached the top. 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, page 84
4. (in the plural) The amount of fish caught, as in a specific area or on a particular expedition.
   The huge quantity of landings was periodically causing fish prices to crash, creating unprecedented havoc in the marketplace. 1997, Mark Kurlansky, Cod, page 132

verb

1. present participle and gerund of land