ˈläjiŋ, -jēŋ noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English logging, from gerund of loggen to lodge — more at lodge
1.
a. : a place to live : dwelling , habitation
high wages that go at once for lodging — Marjory S. Douglas
b. : a place in which to settle or come to rest : lodgment
must not allow the recklessness of despair to find any lodging in our hearts — A.E.Stevenson b.1900
2.
a.
(1) : sleeping accommodations
itinerant schoolteacher who found board and lodging in the house of his pupils' parents — American Guide Series: Louisiana
accepting a night's lodging in the barn — American Guide Series: Michigan
(2) : a temporary place to stay
find a lodging for the night
b. : a room or rooms in the house of another used as a place of residence — usually used in plural
bent his footsteps toward his lodgings — Gilbert Parker
3. lodgings plural
a. obsolete : quarters for soldiers : camp
b. Britain : the living quarters of a college or university student who is neither staying with his family nor living on campus
4. : the act of lodging
had a regard for me from the time of my first lodging in their house — Benjamin Franklin