noun
or lodge·ment ˈläjmənt
( -s )
Etymology: Middle French logement, from Old French, from logier to lodge + -ment — more at lodge
1.
a. obsolete : quarters for soldiers
b. obsolete : an entrenchment or other defensive work thrown up on a captured advance position as protection against attack
c.
(1) : the occupation and holding of a position in hostile or disputed territory
had a very stiff fight all day to make any lodgment at all — Sir Winston Churchill
(2) : an act resembling that of a lodgment by armed troops
they were able to find lodgment in corners where no monastery could have supported itself — R.W.Southern
2.
a. : a place usually a building for lodging or protecting something : shelter
a hut built years ago for temporary lodgment of cattlemen herding — Horace Kephart
b.
(1) : accommodations, lodgings
found temporary lodgments in Paris — W.H.Auden
(2) archaic : accommodations provided in an inn
the miserable lodgment and miserable fare of a provincial inn — Washington Irving
3.
a. : the act, fact, or manner of lodging
b. : a placing, depositing, or coming to rest
the lodgment of the balloon in the tree
4.
a. : an accumulation or collection of something deposited in a place or remaining at rest
the plains on both sides are covered at this season by heavy lodgments of water — Henry Beveridge
b. : a place of rest or deposit : a securely established position
O.K. has gained lodgment in practically all civilized languages — Thomas Pyles
c. : a firm emplacement of glacial till