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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