"landing stage" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: landing stages [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} landing stage (plural landing stages)
  1. (nautical) A floating platform attached at one end to a wharf so as to rise and fall with the tide, and thus facilitate passage between the wharf and a vessel lying beside the stage. Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (platform): brygge [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), flytebrygge [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), brygge [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), bryggje [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), flytebrygge [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), flytebryggje [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), sbarcaturi [masculine] (Sicilian)
    Sense id: en-landing_stage-en-noun-dc8fhJ6m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: nautical, transport

Inflected forms

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