DCHP-2

landing † DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 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  

• 1b n. — Lumbering

  See quote.

• 2 n. — Fisheries

  the bringing into port and discharging of a catch of fish.