Landing

p. a. Connected with, or pertaining to, the act or process of unloading any thing from a vessel, &c.

Landing charges, charges or fees paid on goods unloaded from a vessel.—Landing net, a small, bag-shaped net, used in fly-fishing to take the fish from the water, after being hooked, and bring it to land.—Landing-waiter, a custom-house officer who oversees the landing of goods, &c., from vessels; a land-waiter. Simmonds.