What does the word landing mean?

Usage examples for landing

  1. Five minutes later Keeko was down at the landing. – The Heart of Unaga by Ridgwell Cullum
  2. This time they descended but a little way, and came to a landing place, on the right of which was a door. – Donal Grant by George MacDonald
  3. Let us row to the landing. – Ralph Granger's Fortunes by William Perry Brown