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lodgment

American  
[loj-muhnt] / ˈlɒdʒ mənt /
especially British, lodgement

noun

  1. the act of lodging.

  2. the state of being lodged.

  3. something lodged or deposited.

  4. Military. a position or foothold gained from an enemy, or an entrenchment made upon it.

  5. a lodging place; rooming house.

  6. accommodations; lodgings.

lodgment British  
/ ˈlɒdʒmənt /

noun

  1. the act of lodging or the state of being lodged

  2. a blockage or accumulation

  3. a small area gained and held in enemy territory

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of lodgment

From the Middle French word logement, dating back to 1590–1600. See lodge, -ment

Example Sentences

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Heels drawn tight to the stretch shall open inward Lodgment easy to mullet and to radish.

From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus by Ellis, Robinson

It needs not to be mentiond to you, how necessary it is to remove the Enemy from their Lodgment there.

From The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 4 by Cushing, Harry Alonzo

We alighted at what is called "The Lodgment," a house set apart for visitors, and conducted by a brother, in conformity with the laws of the community.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von

If so, the making a Lodgment at Portsmouth is a material Part of their Plan.

From The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 4 by Cushing, Harry Alonzo

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