landing stage
    n 1: platform from which passengers and cargo can be (un)loaded

Landing \Land"ing\, a.
   Of, pertaining to, or used for, setting, bringing, or going,
   on shore.
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   Landing charges, charges or fees paid on goods unloaded
      from a vessel.

   Landing net, a small, bag-shaped net, used in fishing to
      take the fish from the water after being hooked.

   Landing stage, a floating platform attached at one end to a
      wharf in such a manner as to rise and fall with the tide,
      and thus facilitate passage between the wharf and a vessel
      lying beside the stage.

   Landing waiter, a customhouse officer who oversees the
      landing of goods, etc., from vessels; a landwaiter.
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