In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
LODGMENT
lodgment, lodgement, lodging
(noun) the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily; “the lodgment of the balloon in the tree”
lodgment, lodgement
(noun) bringing a charge or accusation against someone
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
lodgment (countable and uncountable, plural lodgments)
An area used for lodging; a place in which a person or thing is or can be lodged.
The condition of being lodged.
The act of lodging or depositing.
(military, historical) The occupation of a position by a besieging party, and the works thrown up to maintain it.
Source: Wiktionary
Lodg"ment, n. [Written also lodgement.] Etym: [Cf. F. logement. See Lodge, v.]
1. The act of lodging, or the state of being lodged. Any particle which is of size enough to make a lodgment afterwards in the small arteries. Paley.
2. A lodging place; a room. [Obs.]
3. An accumulation or collection of something deposited in a place or remaining at rest.
4. (Mil.)
Definition: The occupation and holding of a position, as by a besieging party; an instrument thrown up in a captured position; as, to effect a lodgment.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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