lodgment
noun
the act of lodging.
lodgement
-
a variation of
lodgment.
Example Sentences
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When a glacier eventually melts, the lodgement till is exposed as a sheet of well-compacted sediment ranging from several centimetres to many metres in thickness.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Figure 16.31 Examples of glacial till: a: lodgement till from the front of the Athabasca Glacier, Alberta; b: ablation till at the Horstman Glacier, Blackcomb Mountain, B.C.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Terms such as "calico", "chintz" and "gingham" had already by then "effected a lodgement in English warehouses and shops, and were lying in wait for entrance into English literature".
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2012
The enemy was gone, and reached his lodgement at Harrison’s Landing on James River, the old seat of that family which has given our country two Presidents.
From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by James Longstreet
Some wholesome ideas had found lodgement in his brain, along with the Greek myths and synthetic philosophies.
From Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart by Amanda Minnie Douglas
