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Why is a landing called a landing?
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Why is a Landing called a landing.?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Believe it or not, but a landing is called a landing because you find it at the end of a 'flight'...in this case, of stairs. Really...and it has been so used since the 1700s.
The word 'ban(n)ister' is a corruption of the 'correct' name 'baluster'. It has been in use even longer, so the people back then who said it was 'vulgar' do not seem to have made their point very well!