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 irony of fate had decreed that this admirable sentiment should not find a permanent lodgement in the writer's breast.
From The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion by John Charles Dent
The palaces themselves were large enough to give an army lodgement.
From The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great by Robert H. Fuller
