landingn.

Brit.

/ˈlandɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈlændɪŋ/

Etymology: < land v. + -ing suffix¹.

I. The action of land v.

a. The action of coming to land or putting ashore; disembarkation.

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society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > landing or leaving ship

landingc1440

landage1470

avalea1547

disbarking1598

disembarkment1598

disembarking1611

footinga1616

debarkmenta1739

debarkation1756

disembarkationa1776

shore-going1846

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 312/1 Londynge fro schyppe and watur, applicacio.

1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Eng. (new ed.) ii. iii. 9/2 (heading) in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I They take landing within the dominion of king Goffarus.

1655 in E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 308 Att his landing att Towre wharfe.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World ix. 264 There is Water enough for Boats and Canoas to enter, and smooth landing after you are in.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. vii. 355 The Commodore..was saluted at his landing by eleven guns.

1798 Duke of Clarence in Ld. Nelson Disp. & Lett. (1845) III. 10 (note) The French cannot effect a landing in Ireland.

1855 A. P. Stanley Hist. Memorials Canterbury (1857) i. 3 There are five great landings in English history, each of vast importance.

b. Arrival at a stage or place of landing, e.g. on a staircase.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > arrival > [noun]

tocomeeOE

hithercomec900

comeOE

comingc1300

venue?a1400

arrival1518

arrivea1538

recovery?c1550

income1566

arrivance1583

invention1612

adventure1623

landing1705

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > [noun] > arrival

tocomeeOE

hithercomec900

comeOE

comingc1300

tocominga1333

venue?a1400

arrival1518

arrivea1538

recovery?c1550

income1566

arrivance1583

invention1612

adventure1623

landing1705

rearrival1738

1705 Addison Trav. Italy 433 A Stair-Case..where..the Disposition of the Lights, and the convenient Landing are admirably well contriv'd.

c. Coming to ground at the end of a leap.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > alighting > on the ground

landing1881

1881 Times 14 Feb. 4/2 The taking off at the jumps was awkward, and the landing more ugly still.

d. The (or an) action of approaching and alighting on the ground or some other surface after a flight. happy landings!: see happy adj. 2.

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society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > landing

landing1784

alighting1914

air landing1919

touchdown1935

dead-stick landing1946

set-down1951

1784 V. Lunardi Acct. First Aërial Voy. in Eng. 37 My principal care was to avoid a violent concussion at landing, and in this my good fortune was my friend. At twenty minutes past four I descended in a spacious meadow.

1909 Flight 13 Feb. 93/1 (heading) Flight ‘landings’.

1912 Aeroplane 19 Dec. 621/2 Major Cameron and Capt. Salmon with Mr. Barnwell and, later, Mr. Knight up behind, put in large number [sic] of straights each making very good flights and landings.

1916 H. Barber Aeroplane Speaks 49 You can..imagine what a difference that would make where forced landings are concerned!

1923 H. G. Wells Men like Gods i. iii. 37 The aeroplanes made an easy landing.

1927 G. Aston Navy of To-day v. 31 The airman, and the airman's home, the aircraft carrier, must steam head to wind..when the airmen want to accomplish ‘landings’ on her deck.

1936 Discovery Aug. 238/1 The camera is raised during take-offs and landings.

1956 A. H. Compton Atomic Quest 259 The fliers returned to an emergency landing at Okinawa.

1967 D. P. Davies Handling Big Jets iii. 30 For take-off and landing the weight should be known to within 5,000 lb.

1969 Times 21 July 1/1 The landing, in the Sea of Tranquillity, was near perfect and the two astronauts on board Eagle reported that it had not tilted too far to prevent take-off.

1974 Daily Tel. 21 Feb. 17/7 He [sc. a balloonist] has food and water for 10 days and the gondola is equipped with floatation devices to keep it upright if he is forced to make a water landing.

a. landing up: blocking up of a watercourse by earth or mud.

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1692 J. Ray Dissol. World (1732) iii. v. 352 This Landing up and Atterration of the Skirts of the Sea.

b. Earthing up of plants.

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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > [noun] > earthing up

earthing1552

hilling1628

moulding1691

landinga1806

mounding1827

a1806 Abercrombie in Loudon Gardening (1822) iii. i. 723 Give them [sc. celery-plants] a final landing-up near the tops.

1856 C. J. Lever Martins of Cro' Martin i. 4 Celery, that wanted landing.

3. Angling. (See land v. 3.)

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > bring to land

landing1884

1884 Public Opinion 5 Sept. 302/1 His attention is fixed upon..the skilful ‘landing’ of his fish.

4. Mining. (See quot. 1860 and land v. 1b.)

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1860 Eng. & Foreign Mining Gloss. (new ed.) (S. Staffs. Terms) Landing, the banksman receiving the loaded skip at surface.

II. Concrete senses.

a. A place for disembarking passengers or unlading goods; a landing-place.

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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > landing-place

strand1205

arrivala1450

slip1467

pow1481

arrivagea1500

landing-place1512

shore1512

landing1601

scale1682

bunder1698

gat1723

hard1728

loadberry1764

hardway1785

1601 S. Daniel Ciuill Warres (rev. ed.) vi. xxxvii. f. 87^v, in Wks. Defend all landinges, barre all passages.

1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §100 Amending the landing at the Edystone.

1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §100 As my proposed materials would not swim, a safe landing became a still more important object.

1832 S. Cumings Western Pilot 49 There is a pretty good landing at the upper end of the town.

1867 J. N. Edwards Shelby xx. 366 The next day the brigade moved to the river near Gaines Landing.

1895 M. A. Jackson Mem. Stonewall Jackson (ed. 2) xii. 211 Just before reaching the landing I stopped to look back.

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b. ‘The platform of a railway station’ (Simmonds Dict. Trade 1858). ? Obsolete.

a. A platform in which a flight of stairs terminates; a resting-place between two flights of stairs.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > landing

half-pace1611

landing-place1611

rest1611

resting place1645

plate1661

hearth-pacec1675

foot pace1679

stand1709

flat1730

quarter-pace1730

landing1789

landing floor1856

1789 P. Smyth tr. H. Aldrich Archit. (1818) 122 A resting~place, or landing, should be contrived after 9, 11, or at the utmost 13 steps.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 22 He took to pieces the eight-day clock on the front landing.

1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 308 The ablution rooms..must be placed on the landings.

1882 Macmillan's Mag. 46 441 The five bedrooms all opened on a square landing.

b. Stone used in or suitable for the construction of staircase landings.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > stone for other specific building use

stepping1608

oven-stone1836

revetting1839

walling stone1840

landing1847

1847 A. C. Smeaton Builder's Pocket Man. (new ed.) 190 6-in. rubbed York landing.

1858 Skyring's Builders' Prices (ed. 48) 84 3 inch Portland balcony bottoms, or landings.

1886 Mod. Newspaper Advt. All kinds of flags, steps, landings,..&c.

7. Various technical senses (chiefly U.S.).

a. (See quot. 1844.)

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1844 Gosse in Zoologist 2 706 Every extensive planter, whose estate borders on the river [Alabama], has what is called a landing; that is a large building to contain bales of cotton.

b. Lumbering. A place where logs are landed and stored.

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1868 Harper's Mag. Mar. 420 We emerged from the thick timber into an opening through which ran Tibbett's Brook. Here was what is called the landing..we could see thousands of logs that had been hauled.

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c. ‘A platform of a furnace at the charging height’ (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 1875).

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d. Boat-building. = land n.¹ 9c.

e. Mining. A place at the mouth of a shaft for the landing of kibbles or other receptacles ( Cent. Dict.).

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1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Landing, a level stage for loading or unloading coals upon.

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f. Fortification. ‘The horizontal space at the entrance of a gallery or return’ ( Cent. Dict.).

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

a. (In sense 1.)

landing area n.

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society > travel > air or space travel > airfield or airport > [noun] > air-strip

landing area1910

airstrip1911

landing strip1930

strip1936

1910 R. Ferris How it Flies xx. 464 Landing area, a piece of land specially prepared for the alighting of aeroplanes without risk of injury.

1951 Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms (B.S.I.) iii. 23 Landing area, the part of the movement area primarily intended for the take-off and landing of aircraft.

1974 G. Mitchell Javelin for Jonah ix. 115 You may go ahead with the new landing-areas for jump and pole.

landing-compass n.

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1889 Pract. Rules Deviation of Compass 5 A careful observer must go on shore with the landing compass.

landing-deck n.

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1922 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 50/1 As no launching- or landing-deck was available, the seaplane had to be operated from the sea.

landing fee n.

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1922 Flight 14 660/1 No extra landing fee will be charged in respect of test flights before departure.

1972 Times 11 Feb. 1/1 Strong opposition has come from the airlines to a new system of landing fees which is to be introduced at Heathrow.

landing field n.

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1921 Aeronautics 13 Jan. 26/1 The improvement of landing fields and equipment.

1928 Observer 17 June 13/4 There are already more than 4,000 air-ports and landing-fields in the United States.

1959 Chambers's Encycl. I. 97 The emergency landing fields, which were set aside by the Royal Air Force for special purposes, were usually grass covered.

landing ground n.

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1912 Aeroplane 12 Dec. 584/1 The great deterrent at present is the lack of proper landing grounds.

1920 Act 10 & 11 George V c. 80 §7 (I) Any aerodrome, flying school, or landing ground.

1943 T. S. Eliot in Ld. Sempill et al. Friendship, Progress, Civilisation 20 To descend from this flight into generalities on to the particular landing-ground of the present occasion.

1961 L. van der Post Heart of Hunter i. v. 80 The great pan..had a floor so wide, level and firm that..the biggest aircraft could land on it. I myself had used it as a landing-ground many times.

landing-leg n.

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1951 Jrnl. Brit. Interplanetary Soc. 10 101 In the case of a Moonflight..this means a vertical descent using reverse rocket braking in conjunction with a radar-altimeter and landing-legs.

1969 Sun 22 July 1/2 The Eagle, leaving its spidery landing-legs behind, soared away.

landing-pier n.

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1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Landing-pier, Landing-stage.

landing-quay n.

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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > wharf or quay

wharf10..

staithe1338

quay1399

lading1594

staithe1613

bankshall1681

riverfront1751

dock1817

riva1819

embarcadero1850

landing-quay1861

1861 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Apr. 413 Broad landing quays covered with cranes lined the river bank.

landing site n.

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1969 Times 4 Feb. 13/4 The eastern end of the planned Apollo landing site.

1972 Nature 3 Mar. 3/1 The landing site of Luna 20 was some 120 km north of the region from which Luna 16 recovered specimens.

landing-stairs n.

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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > landing-place > landing-steps

stairs1517

landing-stairs1838

landing-steps1838

1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist III. xliv. 164 The steps..form a landing-stairs from the river.

1887 Spectator 21 May 692/1 Jack is going to sea, and his friends are on the landing-stairs to take leave of him.

landing-steps n.

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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > landing-place > landing-steps

stairs1517

landing-stairs1838

landing-steps1838

1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) III. xxii. 239 He..advanced foremost on the landing-steps.

1864 B. Lloyd Ladies Polcarrow 28 A little natural pier, in which landing-steps had been cut.

landing-tower n.

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1912 R. Kipling in Chicago Tribune 10 Mar. (Monthly Mag.) 5/3 They began turning out traffic-lights and locking up landing-towers.

landing vehicle n.

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1967 Jane's Surface Skimmer Syst. 1967–8 97/2 Landing Vehicle Hydrofoil.

1969 Observer 20 July 7/1 The astronauts crawl into the landing vehicle..and spend three hours checking it.

landing-wheel n.

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1911 Hazell's Ann. 478/1 Able by placing his hand on the landing-wheels to stop the progress of the machine along the ground.

b. (In sense 3.) See also landing-net n., landing-place n.

landing-gaff n.

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1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 51 Landing Rings, Gaffs, Nets, &c.

landing-hook n.

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1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. ii. 254 A young Angler should be furnished with..Landing-Hook and Landing-Net,..Shot and Floats of divers Sorts.

landing-ring n.

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1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 51 Landing Rings, Gaffs, Nets, &c.

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landing beam n. Aeronautics a radio beam to guide aircraft when landing.

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society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > navigation of course of aircraft > [noun] > radio beam or beacon

beacon1919

localizer1922

beam1927

landing beam1929

marker beacon1929

fan marker1948

1929 Aviation 28 Dec. 1277/1 A landing beam transmitter buried flush with the ground in the center of the field.

1933 Flight 1 June 524 A pointer on a simple instrument showed him any deviation from the landing beam.

1945 Aeronautics Feb. 30 (heading) Diagram showing the aircraft..entering the landing beam.

landing card n. a card issued to a passenger on an international flight or voyage, which is surrendered on arrival.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > ship's papers > [noun] > landing card

landing ticket1925

landing card1932

society > travel > air or space travel > transport by air > [noun] > passenger documents > card surrendered on international arrival

landing card1932

1932 G. Greene Stamboul Train i. i. 3 The purser took the last landing card..and watched the passengers cross the grey wet quay.

1950 P. Bottome Under Skin ii. 18 Got your landing card ready, and your passport?

1966 ‘W. Haggard’ Power House vi. 58 He could be asked for a landing card and as a through-booking he didn't have one.

1973 Times 13 Dec. 11/2 He included landing cards among the paraphernalia of controls.

landing charges n.

landing rates n. (Ogilvie) ‘charges or fees paid on goods unloaded from a vessel’ (Webster, 1864).

landing craft n. a naval vessel with a shallow draught designed for landing troops, tanks, etc., in an amphibious assault; hence transferred in Astronautics, the section of a spacecraft which is used for the final descent to the surface of a planet or moon.

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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > [noun] > module or capsule

landing craft1940

ferry1951

capsule1954

space capsule1954

module1961

service module1961

Lem1962

moonbug1963

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > ship transporting troops or stores > landing craft

well-boat1690

horse-boat1907

tank landing lighter1917

landing craft1940

Siebel ferry1942

tank landing ship1942

landing ship1943

storm boat1945

1940 W. S. Churchill Second World War (1949) II. 593 Great efforts should be made to produce the landing-craft as soon as possible.

1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 18 Apr. 32 Two landing craft were sent ashore with reconnaissance parties.

1943 Combined Operations ii. 17 Landing craft are carried by infantry landing ships, originally known as assault ships.

1953 Jrnl. Brit. Interplanetary Soc. 12 275 The landing craft (a small supplementary vehicle designed for vertical descent with rocket braking, carried to the destination by the parent spaceship).

1957 P. Worsley Trumpet shall Sound vii. 144 Landing-craft of all kinds poured out their cargo upon the beaches.

1966 D. Holbrook Flesh Wounds 93 Three thousand landing craft were ready to move out of all the ports all along the coast, from Falmouth to Harwich.

1969 Times 21 July 8/2 At 1,500 ft., the astronauts slowed the landing craft and brought it gently down four miles off the scheduled target in the Sea of Tranquillity.

landing flap n. Aeronautics a flap that can be lowered to increase the lift and the drag and so make possible lower speeds for take-off and landing.

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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > movable control surface > landing flap

landing flap1936

1936 Technical Rep. Aeronaut. Res. Comm. 1934–5 I. 30 Now that so many aeroplanes are being fitted with landing flaps it is important to permit the flap to extend along the whole span.

1940 War Illustr. 19 Jan. 620 With wheels and landing flaps lowered, the pilot makes his approach.

1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) XIV. 517/1 Structurally, the aileron is similar to the landing flap.

landing floor n. = sense 6.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > landing

half-pace1611

landing-place1611

rest1611

resting place1645

plate1661

hearth-pacec1675

foot pace1679

stand1709

flat1730

quarter-pace1730

landing1789

landing floor1856

1856 E. Capern Poems (ed. 2) 143 A cautious footfall stealing Gently o'er the landing-floor.

landing gear n. (a) Aeronautics the structure underneath an aircraft that is designed to support it on the ground and to absorb the shock of landing (in modern aircraft made to be retracted in flight); (b) the retractable support at the front of a semi-trailer that supports it when not attached to the tractor.

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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > landing gear

alighting gear1908

landing gear1911

undercarriage1911

gear1931

undercart1934

tricycle undercarriage1937

main gear1958

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor lorry, truck, or van > [noun] > truck or lorry > articulated lorry > trailer or types of trailer > parts of trailer

landing gear1911

outrigger1981

1911 Rep. & Mem. Advisory Comm. Aeronaut. No. 59. Nov. 103 The efficiency of landing gear on various sorts of ground may be tried.

1931 Flight 9 Jan. 30/1 The landing gear is designed to give very smooth landing and taxying characteristics.

1931 J. E. Younger Airplane Constr. & Repair iii. 48 Some airplanes are designed with landing gears which fold up into the fuselage and hence offer no direct wind resistance.

1951 Amer. Speech 26 308/2 Landing gear, a strong support that holds up the front end of a semi-trailer when it is not attached to a tractor.

1971 M. Tak Truck Talk 97 Landing gear, the retractable supports on a trailer that prop up the front end when the trailer is unhitched from the tractor.

1971 Physics Bull. Apr. 217/1 Steels with improved fracture properties needed in nuclear submarines and aircraft landing gear are also under development.

landing light n. (a) a light on the runway of an aerodrome to guide an aircraft in a night landing; (b) a light attached to an aircraft to illuminate the ground for a night landing.

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society > travel > air or space travel > airfield or airport > [noun] > runway > lights

landing light1917

runway light1928

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > lights

navigation light1909

landing light1917

identification lamp1932

1917 Flight 4 Jan. 18/1 A new system, called ‘Triplex glass landing lights’, proved to be inferior to petrol flares.

1920 Proc. Air Conf. 11 in Parl. Papers 1921 (Cmd. 1157) VIII. 299 Aerodromes will be equipped..as night flying is practicable. Permanent electric landing lights..are being installed.

1922 Flight 14 519/2 Lighting Set (including navigation lights, landing lights and illumination of instruments).

1937 Times 16 Apr. 9/3 They see no reason why they should confuse coloured Véry lights or landing lights in the air.

1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 3 Oct. 7 From beneath him a landing light groped downwards.

1969 I. Kemp Brit. G.I. in Vietnam iii. 69 He..switched on his landing light, illuminating three paratroopers standing on the landing zone signalling us in.

1973 Times 11 Apr. 3/7 They used landing lights to make three trips and everyone on board was winched to safety.

landing pad n. (a) a small area of an aerodrome or heliport, used for the landing and taking off of helicopters; (b) a cushioned or strengthened foot which supports a hovercraft, spacecraft, or the like when stationary on the ground.

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society > travel > air or space travel > airfield or airport > [noun] > for helicopters > landing place for

pad1949

landing pad1958

helipad1961

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > specific equipment on hovercraft

landing pad1958

sidewall1960

ram-wing1962

skirt1962

puff port1967

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > parts of spacecraft > [noun] > foot which supports spacecraft on ground

landing pad1958

foot-pad1961

1958 World Helicopter Apr. 6/1 Our cover picture shows one of Sabena's fleet of 12-passenger Sikorsky S.58's making a landing at the heliport on the strip between the two 80 ft. diameter landing pads.

1961 New Scientist 2 Mar. 528/3 The actual landing pad need still be no more than 150 ft square.

1967 Gloss. Terms Air-Cushion Vehicles (B.S.I.) 6 Landing pads, strong points, protruding below the rigid bottom of an ACV, which support the vehicle when at rest on land.

1969 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 23 Mar. 10/1 The first landing pad for the young [helicopter] company was a patch of open land way down Shelbourne Street, at that time the outskirts of Victoria.

1969 Times 17 May 8/5 Its landing pads are 37 in. across, each of them fitted with a probe which can sense the surface.

landing ship n. (also landing ship tank, landing ship tanks) a large landing craft for the transport of tanks and other vehicles.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > ship transporting troops or stores > landing craft

well-boat1690

horse-boat1907

tank landing lighter1917

landing craft1940

Siebel ferry1942

tank landing ship1942

landing ship1943

storm boat1945

1943 Life 11 Oct. 34/2 The first is the LST (Landing Ship, Tank), 327 ft. long and displacing 5,500 tons.

1944 Daily Tel. 11 July It [sc. the port of Cherbourg] will be open shortly for craft of the L.S.T. type (landing ship tanks).

1944 Hutchinson's Pict. Hist. War 27 Oct. 1943–11 Apr. 1944. 166 (caption) Landing Ship Tanks. These two landing ships tanks close inshore at Bougainville are unloading supplies and equipment for the U.S. Marines and army troops.

1945 T. Blore Turning Point—1943 vi. 51 Cedric and I put off in a motor fishing vessel to find our Tank Landing Ship.

1951 W. S. Churchill Second World War (1952) V. ii. 26 The ‘landing-ship, tank’..had first been conceived and developed in Britain in 1940.

1961 B. Fergusson Watery Maze iv. 106 Rear-Admiral Burrough, with the cruiser Kenya and four destroyers, was to escort the two landing ships.

1966 D. Holbrook Flesh Wounds 93 Paul's Squadron embarked on its Landing Ship Tank late on the 3rd June.

landing speed n. the speed at which an aircraft lands (see also quot. 1911 for landing gear n.).

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society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > navigation of course of aircraft > [noun] > speed

sinking speed1860

air speed1909

land-speed1910

landing speed1911

flying speed1917

1911 R. M. Pierce Dict. Aviation 144 Landing-speed.., the speed with which a landing or descent to the earth is made, as by a man falling from a height.

1937 New Republic 19 May 35/1 The modern air liner's landing speed has gone up as designers have boosted its top speed by refining line and form.

1961 P. W. Brooks Mod. Airliner iii. 75 Wheel brakes..now became a necessity because of the increased take-off and landing speeds of the more heavily loaded monoplanes.

landing-stage n. a platform, often a floating one, for the landing of passengers and goods from sea-vessels.

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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > landing-place > landing-stage

landing-stage1858

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Landing-pier, Landing-stage.

1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations III. xv. 246 An old landing-stage.

1868 A. K. H. Boyd Lessons Middle Age 269 On Monday morning, in a thick white fog, I entered a little steamer at the landing-stage at Liverpool.

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landing-strake n. Boat-building ‘the upper strake but one’ (Weale's Rudim. Nav. 128).

landing strip n. = airstrip n. at air n.¹ Compounds 2.

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society > travel > air or space travel > airfield or airport > [noun] > air-strip

landing area1910

airstrip1911

landing strip1930

strip1936

1930 Aircraft Engineering Jan. 16/1 The standard intermediate field in low altitudes provides two landing strips or runways.

1944 Times 1 July 4/3 Squadrons flying from landing strips in Normandy are taking advantage of every break in the clouds.

1956 W. Graham Sleeping Partner 62 Llanveryan had been an aerodrome—a glorified landing strip—in the first place.

1973 G. Greene Honorary Consul iv. iii. 218 Señor Escobar has a landing strip on his estancia.

landing-surveyor n. a customs officer who appoints and superintends the landing waiters.

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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > imposition or collecting of duties on goods > [noun] > one who superintends landing of goods > superintendent of

land-surveyor1755

landing-surveyor1812

1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 126 Sail-cloth and Sails are required to be stamped in the presence of a Landing-surveyor and Landing-waiter, on the common quay.

landing ticket n. = landing card n.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > ship's papers > [noun] > landing card

landing ticket1925

landing card1932

1925 E. Gellibrand Travelling Do's & Don'ts v. 19 While the cool, collected person gets things done without unnecessary waste of energy, the flustered one..not having his landing ticket ready..is hustled by the impatient ones.

1930 A. Bennett Imperial Palace li. 382 The hand of the official at the bottom of the gangway was full of landing tickets.

landing-waiter n. a customs officer whose duty is to superintend the landing of goods and to examine them.

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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > imposition or collecting of duties on goods > [noun] > one who superintends landing of goods

land-waiter1711

coast-waiter1774

landing-waiter1797

1797 Monthly Mag. 3 480 Mr. J. Brook, landing waiter of the custom-house.

landing wire n. Aeronautics a wire on a biplane or light monoplane that is designed to take the weight of a wing when the aircraft is on the ground.

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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > wires for structural support > specific wires

stay-wire1876

stay1894

lift wire1915

incidence wire1916

landing wire1917

1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings 46 Something sang to the right, and I found that part of a landing-wire was dangling helplessly from its socket.

1942 C. C. Redman in R. A. Beaumont Aeronaut. Engin. xvii. 482/1 Landing wires support the wings on the ground, but when the aircraft becomes airborne, the stresses are transferred to the flying wires, as the wings tend to lift upwards.

1952 A. Y. Bramble Air-plane Flight vii. 100 Those above [the wings of the glider] are obviously supporting the weight of the wings when the machine is on the ground. They are called ‘landing wires’. Those below the wing..are called the ‘flying wires’.

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landing mat n.

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society > travel > air or space travel > airfield or airport > [noun] > runway > mat on which to land

landing mat1941

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > [noun] > equipment

plummet?1537

springboard?1780

horse1785

trampoline1798

club1815

gallows1817

Indian club1825

rope1825

horizontal bar1827

trapeze1830

vaulting bar1839

parallel bars1850

wooden horse1854

trapezium1856

giant stride1863

ring1869

vaulting horse1875

mast1880

fly-pole1884

pommel1887

Roman ring1894

mat1903

wall bar1903

pommel horse1908

buck1932

pommel vault1932

landing mat1941

rebounder1980

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > alighting > on the ground > mat for

landing mat1941

1941 Sci. Amer. Dec. 350/3 Three materials found suitable for use as an emergency landing mat were steel plank, Irving grid with slip-ring connectors, and rod-and-bar grid with wedge connectors.

1973 Times 12 Jan. 14/2 The standard specifies all the commonly used types of [gymnasium] equipment, from landing mats..to boxing rings.

1987 A. Miller Timebends (1988) ii. 127 Buddy joined the Seabees during the war and welded landing mats for aircraft on Pacific Islands.

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landing zone n.

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society > travel > air or space travel > airfield or airport > [noun] > landing zone in airborne assault

landing zone1956

LZ1956

1956 W. A. Heflin U.S. Air Force Dict. 292/2 Landing zone, a zone designated for the landing of aircraft in an airborne assault.

1976 New Yorker 15 Mar. 80/3 Two white-phosphorus rounds were exploded over the landing zone to indicate the ‘all clear’.

1990 A. Beevor Inside Brit. Army xvi. 179 The non-para infantry..follow once the units dropped by parachute have secured a landing zone for their Hercules.

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landing run n. Aeronautics the distance that an aircraft travels in contact with the ground during landing; (also) that part of an aircraft journey during which the pilot prepares to land.

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society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > travelling along the ground > distance travelled during landing

landing run1920

1920 E. B. Wilson Aeronautics Index 264/1 Landing run, 37.

1931 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 35 747 (heading) Shortening starting and landing runs.

1946 Happy Landings (Air Ministry) July 1/2 A type of failure which..can have disastrous effects on the next landing run.

1986 Aircraft Illustr. July 347/2 The landing gear gets its going over during..the take-off and landing runs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	landing
释义	landingn. Brit. /ˈlandɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈlændɪŋ/ Etymology: < land v. + -ing suffix¹. I. The action of land v. 1. a. The action of coming to land or putting ashore; disembarkation. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > landing or leaving ship landingc1440 landage1470 avalea1547 disbarking1598 disembarkment1598 disembarking1611 footinga1616 debarkmenta1739 debarkation1756 disembarkationa1776 shore-going1846 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 312/1 Londynge fro schyppe and watur, applicacio. 1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Eng. (new ed.) ii. iii. 9/2 (heading) in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I They take landing within the dominion of king Goffarus. 1655 in E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 308 Att his landing att Towre wharfe. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World ix. 264 There is Water enough for Boats and Canoas to enter, and smooth landing after you are in. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. vii. 355 The Commodore..was saluted at his landing by eleven guns. 1798 Duke of Clarence in Ld. Nelson Disp. & Lett. (1845) III. 10 (note) The French cannot effect a landing in Ireland. 1855 A. P. Stanley Hist. Memorials Canterbury (1857) i. 3 There are five great landings in English history, each of vast importance. b. Arrival at a stage or place of landing, e.g. on a staircase. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > arrival > [noun] tocomeeOE hithercomec900 comeOE comingc1300 venue?a1400 arrival1518 arrivea1538 recovery?c1550 income1566 arrivance1583 invention1612 adventure1623 landing1705 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > [noun] > arrival tocomeeOE hithercomec900 comeOE comingc1300 tocominga1333 venue?a1400 arrival1518 arrivea1538 recovery?c1550 income1566 arrivance1583 invention1612 adventure1623 landing1705 rearrival1738 1705 Addison Trav. Italy 433 A Stair-Case..where..the Disposition of the Lights, and the convenient Landing are admirably well contriv'd. c. Coming to ground at the end of a leap. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > alighting > on the ground landing1881 1881 Times 14 Feb. 4/2 The taking off at the jumps was awkward, and the landing more ugly still. d. The (or an) action of approaching and alighting on the ground or some other surface after a flight. happy landings!: see happy adj. 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > landing landing1784 alighting1914 air landing1919 touchdown1935 dead-stick landing1946 set-down1951 1784 V. Lunardi Acct. First Aërial Voy. in Eng. 37 My principal care was to avoid a violent concussion at landing, and in this my good fortune was my friend. At twenty minutes past four I descended in a spacious meadow. 1909 Flight 13 Feb. 93/1 (heading) Flight ‘landings’. 1912 Aeroplane 19 Dec. 621/2 Major Cameron and Capt. Salmon with Mr. Barnwell and, later, Mr. Knight up behind, put in large number [sic] of straights each making very good flights and landings. 1916 H. Barber Aeroplane Speaks 49 You can..imagine what a difference that would make where forced landings are concerned! 1923 H. G. Wells Men like Gods i. iii. 37 The aeroplanes made an easy landing. 1927 G. Aston Navy of To-day v. 31 The airman, and the airman's home, the aircraft carrier, must steam head to wind..when the airmen want to accomplish ‘landings’ on her deck. 1936 Discovery Aug. 238/1 The camera is raised during take-offs and landings. 1956 A. H. Compton Atomic Quest 259 The fliers returned to an emergency landing at Okinawa. 1967 D. P. Davies Handling Big Jets iii. 30 For take-off and landing the weight should be known to within 5,000 lb. 1969 Times 21 July 1/1 The landing, in the Sea of Tranquillity, was near perfect and the two astronauts on board Eagle reported that it had not tilted too far to prevent take-off. 1974 Daily Tel. 21 Feb. 17/7 He [sc. a balloonist] has food and water for 10 days and the gondola is equipped with floatation devices to keep it upright if he is forced to make a water landing. 2. a. landing up: blocking up of a watercourse by earth or mud. ΚΠ 1692 J. Ray Dissol. World (1732) iii. v. 352 This Landing up and Atterration of the Skirts of the Sea. b. Earthing up of plants. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > [noun] > earthing up earthing1552 hilling1628 moulding1691 landinga1806 mounding1827 a1806 Abercrombie in Loudon Gardening (1822) iii. i. 723 Give them [sc. celery-plants] a final landing-up near the tops. 1856 C. J. Lever Martins of Cro' Martin i. 4 Celery, that wanted landing. 3. Angling. (See land v. 3.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > bring to land landing1884 1884 Public Opinion 5 Sept. 302/1 His attention is fixed upon..the skilful ‘landing’ of his fish. 4. Mining. (See quot. 1860 and land v. 1b.) ΚΠ 1860 Eng. & Foreign Mining Gloss. (new ed.) (S. Staffs. Terms) Landing, the banksman receiving the loaded skip at surface. II. Concrete senses. 5. a. A place for disembarking passengers or unlading goods; a landing-place. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > landing-place strand1205 arrivala1450 slip1467 pow1481 arrivagea1500 landing-place1512 shore1512 landing1601 scale1682 bunder1698 gat1723 hard1728 loadberry1764 hardway1785 1601 S. Daniel Ciuill Warres (rev. ed.) vi. xxxvii. f. 87^v, in Wks. Defend all landinges, barre all passages. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §100 Amending the landing at the Edystone. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §100 As my proposed materials would not swim, a safe landing became a still more important object. 1832 S. Cumings Western Pilot 49 There is a pretty good landing at the upper end of the town. 1867 J. N. Edwards Shelby xx. 366 The next day the brigade moved to the river near Gaines Landing. 1895 M. A. Jackson Mem. Stonewall Jackson (ed. 2) xii. 211 Just before reaching the landing I stopped to look back. Categories » b. ‘The platform of a railway station’ (Simmonds Dict. Trade 1858). ? Obsolete. 6. a. A platform in which a flight of stairs terminates; a resting-place between two flights of stairs. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > landing half-pace1611 landing-place1611 rest1611 resting place1645 plate1661 hearth-pacec1675 foot pace1679 stand1709 flat1730 quarter-pace1730 landing1789 landing floor1856 1789 P. Smyth tr. H. Aldrich Archit. (1818) 122 A resting~place, or landing, should be contrived after 9, 11, or at the utmost 13 steps. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 22 He took to pieces the eight-day clock on the front landing. 1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 308 The ablution rooms..must be placed on the landings. 1882 Macmillan's Mag. 46 441 The five bedrooms all opened on a square landing. b. Stone used in or suitable for the construction of staircase landings. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > stone for other specific building use stepping1608 oven-stone1836 revetting1839 walling stone1840 landing1847 1847 A. C. Smeaton Builder's Pocket Man. (new ed.) 190 6-in. rubbed York landing. 1858 Skyring's Builders' Prices (ed. 48) 84 3 inch Portland balcony bottoms, or landings. 1886 Mod. Newspaper Advt. All kinds of flags, steps, landings,..&c. 7. Various technical senses (chiefly U.S.). a. (See quot. 1844.) ΚΠ 1844 Gosse in Zoologist 2 706 Every extensive planter, whose estate borders on the river [Alabama], has what is called a landing; that is a large building to contain bales of cotton. b. Lumbering. A place where logs are landed and stored. ΚΠ 1868 Harper's Mag. Mar. 420 We emerged from the thick timber into an opening through which ran Tibbett's Brook. Here was what is called the landing..we could see thousands of logs that had been hauled. Categories » c. ‘A platform of a furnace at the charging height’ (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 1875). Categories » d. Boat-building. = land n.¹ 9c. e. Mining. A place at the mouth of a shaft for the landing of kibbles or other receptacles ( Cent. Dict.). ΚΠ 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Landing, a level stage for loading or unloading coals upon. Categories » f. Fortification. ‘The horizontal space at the entrance of a gallery or return’ ( Cent. Dict.). Compounds C1. General attributive. a. (In sense 1.) landing area n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > airfield or airport > [noun] > air-strip landing area1910 airstrip1911 landing strip1930 strip1936 1910 R. Ferris How it Flies xx. 464 Landing area, a piece of land specially prepared for the alighting of aeroplanes without risk of injury. 1951 Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms (B.S.I.) iii. 23 Landing area, the part of the movement area primarily intended for the take-off and landing of aircraft. 1974 G. Mitchell Javelin for Jonah ix. 115 You may go ahead with the new landing-areas for jump and pole. landing-compass n. ΚΠ 1889 Pract. Rules Deviation of Compass 5 A careful observer must go on shore with the landing compass. landing-deck n. ΚΠ 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 50/1 As no launching- or landing-deck was available, the seaplane had to be operated from the sea. landing fee n. ΚΠ 1922 Flight 14 660/1 No extra landing fee will be charged in respect of test flights before departure. 1972 Times 11 Feb. 1/1 Strong opposition has come from the airlines to a new system of landing fees which is to be introduced at Heathrow. landing field n. ΚΠ 1921 Aeronautics 13 Jan. 26/1 The improvement of landing fields and equipment. 1928 Observer 17 June 13/4 There are already more than 4,000 air-ports and landing-fields in the United States. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. I. 97 The emergency landing fields, which were set aside by the Royal Air Force for special purposes, were usually grass covered. landing ground n. ΚΠ 1912 Aeroplane 12 Dec. 584/1 The great deterrent at present is the lack of proper landing grounds. 1920 Act 10 & 11 George V c. 80 §7 (I) Any aerodrome, flying school, or landing ground. 1943 T. S. Eliot in Ld. Sempill et al. Friendship, Progress, Civilisation 20 To descend from this flight into generalities on to the particular landing-ground of the present occasion. 1961 L. van der Post Heart of Hunter i. v. 80 The great pan..had a floor so wide, level and firm that..the biggest aircraft could land on it. I myself had used it as a landing-ground many times. landing-leg n. ΚΠ 1951 Jrnl. Brit. Interplanetary Soc. 10 101 In the case of a Moonflight..this means a vertical descent using reverse rocket braking in conjunction with a radar-altimeter and landing-legs. 1969 Sun 22 July 1/2 The Eagle, leaving its spidery landing-legs behind, soared away. landing-pier n. ΚΠ 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Landing-pier, Landing-stage. landing-quay n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > wharf or quay wharf10.. staithe1338 quay1399 lading1594 staithe1613 bankshall1681 riverfront1751 dock1817 riva1819 embarcadero1850 landing-quay1861 1861 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Apr. 413 Broad landing quays covered with cranes lined the river bank. landing site n. ΚΠ 1969 Times 4 Feb. 13/4 The eastern end of the planned Apollo landing site. 1972 Nature 3 Mar. 3/1 The landing site of Luna 20 was some 120 km north of the region from which Luna 16 recovered specimens. landing-stairs n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > landing-place > landing-steps stairs1517 landing-stairs1838 landing-steps1838 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist III. xliv. 164 The steps..form a landing-stairs from the river. 1887 Spectator 21 May 692/1 Jack is going to sea, and his friends are on the landing-stairs to take leave of him. landing-steps n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > landing-place > landing-steps stairs1517 landing-stairs1838 landing-steps1838 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) III. xxii. 239 He..advanced foremost on the landing-steps. 1864 B. Lloyd Ladies Polcarrow 28 A little natural pier, in which landing-steps had been cut. landing-tower n. ΚΠ 1912 R. Kipling in Chicago Tribune 10 Mar. (Monthly Mag.) 5/3 They began turning out traffic-lights and locking up landing-towers. landing vehicle n. ΚΠ 1967 Jane's Surface Skimmer Syst. 1967–8 97/2 Landing Vehicle Hydrofoil. 1969 Observer 20 July 7/1 The astronauts crawl into the landing vehicle..and spend three hours checking it. landing-wheel n. ΚΠ 1911 Hazell's Ann. 478/1 Able by placing his hand on the landing-wheels to stop the progress of the machine along the ground. b. (In sense 3.) See also landing-net n., landing-place n. landing-gaff n. ΚΠ 1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 51 Landing Rings, Gaffs, Nets, &c. landing-hook n. ΚΠ 1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. ii. 254 A young Angler should be furnished with..Landing-Hook and Landing-Net,..Shot and Floats of divers Sorts. landing-ring n. ΚΠ 1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 51 Landing Rings, Gaffs, Nets, &c. C2. landing beam n. Aeronautics a radio beam to guide aircraft when landing. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > navigation of course of aircraft > [noun] > radio beam or beacon beacon1919 localizer1922 beam1927 landing beam1929 marker beacon1929 fan marker1948 1929 Aviation 28 Dec. 1277/1 A landing beam transmitter buried flush with the ground in the center of the field. 1933 Flight 1 June 524 A pointer on a simple instrument showed him any deviation from the landing beam. 1945 Aeronautics Feb. 30 (heading) Diagram showing the aircraft..entering the landing beam. landing card n. a card issued to a passenger on an international flight or voyage, which is surrendered on arrival. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > ship's papers > [noun] > landing card landing ticket1925 landing card1932 society > travel > air or space travel > transport by air > [noun] > passenger documents > card surrendered on international arrival landing card1932 1932 G. Greene Stamboul Train i. i. 3 The purser took the last landing card..and watched the passengers cross the grey wet quay. 1950 P. Bottome Under Skin ii. 18 Got your landing card ready, and your passport? 1966 ‘W. Haggard’ Power House vi. 58 He could be asked for a landing card and as a through-booking he didn't have one. 1973 Times 13 Dec. 11/2 He included landing cards among the paraphernalia of controls. landing charges n. landing rates n. (Ogilvie) ‘charges or fees paid on goods unloaded from a vessel’ (Webster, 1864). landing craft n. a naval vessel with a shallow draught designed for landing troops, tanks, etc., in an amphibious assault; hence transferred in Astronautics, the section of a spacecraft which is used for the final descent to the surface of a planet or moon. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > [noun] > module or capsule landing craft1940 ferry1951 capsule1954 space capsule1954 module1961 service module1961 Lem1962 moonbug1963 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > ship transporting troops or stores > landing craft well-boat1690 horse-boat1907 tank landing lighter1917 landing craft1940 Siebel ferry1942 tank landing ship1942 landing ship1943 storm boat1945 1940 W. S. Churchill Second World War (1949) II. 593 Great efforts should be made to produce the landing-craft as soon as possible. 1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 18 Apr. 32 Two landing craft were sent ashore with reconnaissance parties. 1943 Combined Operations ii. 17 Landing craft are carried by infantry landing ships, originally known as assault ships. 1953 Jrnl. Brit. Interplanetary Soc. 12 275 The landing craft (a small supplementary vehicle designed for vertical descent with rocket braking, carried to the destination by the parent spaceship). 1957 P. Worsley Trumpet shall Sound vii. 144 Landing-craft of all kinds poured out their cargo upon the beaches. 1966 D. Holbrook Flesh Wounds 93 Three thousand landing craft were ready to move out of all the ports all along the coast, from Falmouth to Harwich. 1969 Times 21 July 8/2 At 1,500 ft., the astronauts slowed the landing craft and brought it gently down four miles off the scheduled target in the Sea of Tranquillity. landing flap n. Aeronautics a flap that can be lowered to increase the lift and the drag and so make possible lower speeds for take-off and landing. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > movable control surface > landing flap landing flap1936 1936 Technical Rep. Aeronaut. Res. Comm. 1934–5 I. 30 Now that so many aeroplanes are being fitted with landing flaps it is important to permit the flap to extend along the whole span. 1940 War Illustr. 19 Jan. 620 With wheels and landing flaps lowered, the pilot makes his approach. 1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) XIV. 517/1 Structurally, the aileron is similar to the landing flap. landing floor n. = sense 6. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > landing half-pace1611 landing-place1611 rest1611 resting place1645 plate1661 hearth-pacec1675 foot pace1679 stand1709 flat1730 quarter-pace1730 landing1789 landing floor1856 1856 E. Capern Poems (ed. 2) 143 A cautious footfall stealing Gently o'er the landing-floor. landing gear n. (a) Aeronautics the structure underneath an aircraft that is designed to support it on the ground and to absorb the shock of landing (in modern aircraft made to be retracted in flight); (b) the retractable support at the front of a semi-trailer that supports it when not attached to the tractor. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > landing gear alighting gear1908 landing gear1911 undercarriage1911 gear1931 undercart1934 tricycle undercarriage1937 main gear1958 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor lorry, truck, or van > [noun] > truck or lorry > articulated lorry > trailer or types of trailer > parts of trailer landing gear1911 outrigger1981 1911 Rep. & Mem. Advisory Comm. Aeronaut. No. 59. Nov. 103 The efficiency of landing gear on various sorts of ground may be tried. 1931 Flight 9 Jan. 30/1 The landing gear is designed to give very smooth landing and taxying characteristics. 1931 J. E. Younger Airplane Constr. & Repair iii. 48 Some airplanes are designed with landing gears which fold up into the fuselage and hence offer no direct wind resistance. 1951 Amer. Speech 26 308/2 Landing gear, a strong support that holds up the front end of a semi-trailer when it is not attached to a tractor. 1971 M. Tak Truck Talk 97 Landing gear, the retractable supports on a trailer that prop up the front end when the trailer is unhitched from the tractor. 1971 Physics Bull. Apr. 217/1 Steels with improved fracture properties needed in nuclear submarines and aircraft landing gear are also under development. landing light n. (a) a light on the runway of an aerodrome to guide an aircraft in a night landing; (b) a light attached to an aircraft to illuminate the ground for a night landing. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > airfield or airport > [noun] > runway > lights landing light1917 runway light1928 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > lights navigation light1909 landing light1917 identification lamp1932 1917 Flight 4 Jan. 18/1 A new system, called ‘Triplex glass landing lights’, proved to be inferior to petrol flares. 1920 Proc. Air Conf. 11 in Parl. Papers 1921 (Cmd. 1157) VIII. 299 Aerodromes will be equipped..as night flying is practicable. Permanent electric landing lights..are being installed. 1922 Flight 14 519/2 Lighting Set (including navigation lights, landing lights and illumination of instruments). 1937 Times 16 Apr. 9/3 They see no reason why they should confuse coloured Véry lights or landing lights in the air. 1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 3 Oct. 7 From beneath him a landing light groped downwards. 1969 I. Kemp Brit. G.I. in Vietnam iii. 69 He..switched on his landing light, illuminating three paratroopers standing on the landing zone signalling us in. 1973 Times 11 Apr. 3/7 They used landing lights to make three trips and everyone on board was winched to safety. landing pad n. (a) a small area of an aerodrome or heliport, used for the landing and taking off of helicopters; (b) a cushioned or strengthened foot which supports a hovercraft, spacecraft, or the like when stationary on the ground. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > airfield or airport > [noun] > for helicopters > landing place for pad1949 landing pad1958 helipad1961 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > specific equipment on hovercraft landing pad1958 sidewall1960 ram-wing1962 skirt1962 puff port1967 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > parts of spacecraft > [noun] > foot which supports spacecraft on ground landing pad1958 foot-pad1961 1958 World Helicopter Apr. 6/1 Our cover picture shows one of Sabena's fleet of 12-passenger Sikorsky S.58's making a landing at the heliport on the strip between the two 80 ft. diameter landing pads. 1961 New Scientist 2 Mar. 528/3 The actual landing pad need still be no more than 150 ft square. 1967 Gloss. Terms Air-Cushion Vehicles (B.S.I.) 6 Landing pads, strong points, protruding below the rigid bottom of an ACV, which support the vehicle when at rest on land. 1969 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 23 Mar. 10/1 The first landing pad for the young [helicopter] company was a patch of open land way down Shelbourne Street, at that time the outskirts of Victoria. 1969 Times 17 May 8/5 Its landing pads are 37 in. across, each of them fitted with a probe which can sense the surface. landing ship n. (also landing ship tank, landing ship tanks) a large landing craft for the transport of tanks and other vehicles. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > ship transporting troops or stores > landing craft well-boat1690 horse-boat1907 tank landing lighter1917 landing craft1940 Siebel ferry1942 tank landing ship1942 landing ship1943 storm boat1945 1943 Life 11 Oct. 34/2 The first is the LST (Landing Ship, Tank), 327 ft. long and displacing 5,500 tons. 1944 Daily Tel. 11 July It [sc. the port of Cherbourg] will be open shortly for craft of the L.S.T. type (landing ship tanks). 1944 Hutchinson's Pict. Hist. War 27 Oct. 1943–11 Apr. 1944. 166 (caption) Landing Ship Tanks. These two landing ships tanks close inshore at Bougainville are unloading supplies and equipment for the U.S. Marines and army troops. 1945 T. Blore Turning Point—1943 vi. 51 Cedric and I put off in a motor fishing vessel to find our Tank Landing Ship. 1951 W. S. Churchill Second World War (1952) V. ii. 26 The ‘landing-ship, tank’..had first been conceived and developed in Britain in 1940. 1961 B. Fergusson Watery Maze iv. 106 Rear-Admiral Burrough, with the cruiser Kenya and four destroyers, was to escort the two landing ships. 1966 D. Holbrook Flesh Wounds 93 Paul's Squadron embarked on its Landing Ship Tank late on the 3rd June. landing speed n. the speed at which an aircraft lands (see also quot. 1911 for landing gear n.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > navigation of course of aircraft > [noun] > speed sinking speed1860 air speed1909 land-speed1910 landing speed1911 flying speed1917 1911 R. M. Pierce Dict. Aviation 144 Landing-speed.., the speed with which a landing or descent to the earth is made, as by a man falling from a height. 1937 New Republic 19 May 35/1 The modern air liner's landing speed has gone up as designers have boosted its top speed by refining line and form. 1961 P. W. Brooks Mod. Airliner iii. 75 Wheel brakes..now became a necessity because of the increased take-off and landing speeds of the more heavily loaded monoplanes. landing-stage n. a platform, often a floating one, for the landing of passengers and goods from sea-vessels. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > landing-place > landing-stage landing-stage1858 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Landing-pier, Landing-stage. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations III. xv. 246 An old landing-stage. 1868 A. K. H. Boyd Lessons Middle Age 269 On Monday morning, in a thick white fog, I entered a little steamer at the landing-stage at Liverpool. Categories » landing-strake n. Boat-building ‘the upper strake but one’ (Weale's Rudim. Nav. 128). landing strip n. = airstrip n. at air n.¹ Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > airfield or airport > [noun] > air-strip landing area1910 airstrip1911 landing strip1930 strip1936 1930 Aircraft Engineering Jan. 16/1 The standard intermediate field in low altitudes provides two landing strips or runways. 1944 Times 1 July 4/3 Squadrons flying from landing strips in Normandy are taking advantage of every break in the clouds. 1956 W. Graham Sleeping Partner 62 Llanveryan had been an aerodrome—a glorified landing strip—in the first place. 1973 G. Greene Honorary Consul iv. iii. 218 Señor Escobar has a landing strip on his estancia. landing-surveyor n. a customs officer who appoints and superintends the landing waiters. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > imposition or collecting of duties on goods > [noun] > one who superintends landing of goods > superintendent of land-surveyor1755 landing-surveyor1812 1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 126 Sail-cloth and Sails are required to be stamped in the presence of a Landing-surveyor and Landing-waiter, on the common quay. landing ticket n. = landing card n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > ship's papers > [noun] > landing card landing ticket1925 landing card1932 1925 E. Gellibrand Travelling Do's & Don'ts v. 19 While the cool, collected person gets things done without unnecessary waste of energy, the flustered one..not having his landing ticket ready..is hustled by the impatient ones. 1930 A. Bennett Imperial Palace li. 382 The hand of the official at the bottom of the gangway was full of landing tickets. landing-waiter n. a customs officer whose duty is to superintend the landing of goods and to examine them. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > imposition or collecting of duties on goods > [noun] > one who superintends landing of goods land-waiter1711 coast-waiter1774 landing-waiter1797 1797 Monthly Mag. 3 480 Mr. J. Brook, landing waiter of the custom-house. landing wire n. Aeronautics a wire on a biplane or light monoplane that is designed to take the weight of a wing when the aircraft is on the ground. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > wires for structural support > specific wires stay-wire1876 stay1894 lift wire1915 incidence wire1916 landing wire1917 1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings 46 Something sang to the right, and I found that part of a landing-wire was dangling helplessly from its socket. 1942 C. C. Redman in R. A. Beaumont Aeronaut. Engin. xvii. 482/1 Landing wires support the wings on the ground, but when the aircraft becomes airborne, the stresses are transferred to the flying wires, as the wings tend to lift upwards. 1952 A. Y. Bramble Air-plane Flight vii. 100 Those above [the wings of the glider] are obviously supporting the weight of the wings when the machine is on the ground. They are called ‘landing wires’. Those below the wing..are called the ‘flying wires’. Draft additions 1997 landing mat n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > airfield or airport > [noun] > runway > mat on which to land landing mat1941 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > [noun] > equipment plummet?1537 springboard?1780 horse1785 trampoline1798 club1815 gallows1817 Indian club1825 rope1825 horizontal bar1827 trapeze1830 vaulting bar1839 parallel bars1850 wooden horse1854 trapezium1856 giant stride1863 ring1869 vaulting horse1875 mast1880 fly-pole1884 pommel1887 Roman ring1894 mat1903 wall bar1903 pommel horse1908 buck1932 pommel vault1932 landing mat1941 rebounder1980 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > alighting > on the ground > mat for landing mat1941 1941 Sci. Amer. Dec. 350/3 Three materials found suitable for use as an emergency landing mat were steel plank, Irving grid with slip-ring connectors, and rod-and-bar grid with wedge connectors. 1973 Times 12 Jan. 14/2 The standard specifies all the commonly used types of [gymnasium] equipment, from landing mats..to boxing rings. 1987 A. Miller Timebends (1988) ii. 127 Buddy joined the Seabees during the war and welded landing mats for aircraft on Pacific Islands. Draft additions 1997 landing zone n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > airfield or airport > [noun] > landing zone in airborne assault landing zone1956 LZ1956 1956 W. A. Heflin U.S. Air Force Dict. 292/2 Landing zone, a zone designated for the landing of aircraft in an airborne assault. 1976 New Yorker 15 Mar. 80/3 Two white-phosphorus rounds were exploded over the landing zone to indicate the ‘all clear’. 1990 A. Beevor Inside Brit. Army xvi. 179 The non-para infantry..follow once the units dropped by parachute have secured a landing zone for their Hercules. Draft additions 1997 landing run n. Aeronautics the distance that an aircraft travels in contact with the ground during landing; (also) that part of an aircraft journey during which the pilot prepares to land. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > travelling along the ground > distance travelled during landing landing run1920 1920 E. B. Wilson Aeronautics Index 264/1 Landing run, 37. 1931 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 35 747 (heading) Shortening starting and landing runs. 1946 Happy Landings (Air Ministry) July 1/2 A type of failure which..can have disastrous effects on the next landing run. 1986 Aircraft Illustr. July 347/2 The landing gear gets its going over during..the take-off and landing runs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022). landingadj. Brit. /ˈlandɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈlændɪŋ/ Etymology: -ing suffix². That lands; in Military phrases landing force, landing party. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > landing party shore party1841 landing party1884 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Sept. 8/1 This was due to the French having no landing force. 1894 Ld. Wolseley Life Marlborough II. 175 Sending three armed boats ashore, a landing party took the battery. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1440adj.1884
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