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Meaning of landing stage | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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.

Equivalents

Deutsch Anleger
Español desembarcadero
Français débarcadère

Examples

Close by, across the Parade, are the Customs Examination Rooms and the floating landing stage.”
“He helped Crabbe along to the rough landing-stage, a groaning Crabbe sorry for himself, a Crabbe with a bandaged foot, looking like a gouty uncle[.]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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