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landing † 
1a n. Lumbering originally, that part of a river bank where logs were piled ready to be rolled into the water at spring break-up; also, the apron. Now also applied to log dumps from which logs are transported by trucks or railway cars.
See also: apron brow (def. 1) skidded landing
- 1896 A brow of logs is a "landing" when the logs were piled from the water's edge. A landing may be either a "rough-and-tumble" or a "skidded" landing.
- 1942 (1946) "If we had to start on that new tree with bad tongs we'd have a pile on the landing that we wouldn't see the bottom of in weeks."
- 1963 These landings are strips along the river banks from which all trees and stumps have been removed, so that logs can be unloaded and put into the river without so much as a rose brier to obstruct the work.
1b n. Lumbering See quote.
- 1942 (1946) LANDING. An area of ground directly around the base of a spar tree, where logs are piled to be loaded on cars.
2 n. Fisheries the bringing into port and discharging of a catch of fish.
- 1954 While a few "bankers" of Newfoundland ownership operated on the Banks, all landings were made in Nova Scotia ports.
- 1958 One black cod landing last week, the Capella I with 16,000 pounds of black cod.
- 1896 A brow of logs is a "landing" when the logs were piled from the water's edge. A landing may be either a "rough-and-tumble" or a "skidded" landing.