lodgment
Origin of lodgment
1- Also especially British, lodge·ment .
Words Nearby lodgment
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How to use lodgment in a sentence
A good sermon on the Vanity of Riches found lodgment in my ears, and then the supreme moment came.
Mrs. Raffles | John Kendrick BangsThis resulted in giving to the enemy a secret lodgment on the north side of the James, and a position very menacing to Richmond.
Reminiscences of the Guilford Grays, Co. B., 27th N.C. Regiment | John A. SloanThe first to mount a breach, to effect a lodgment in an outwork, to enter a newly discovered mine, was sure to perish.
The Cornet of Horse | G. A. HentyI saw your wraith choose out its last lodgment on Halloween; I know the spot.
Rookwood | William Harrison AinsworthWhole Archbishop killed houses and blocks in which the insurgents had found a lodgment had to be demolished.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year | Edwin Emerson
British Dictionary definitions for lodgment
lodgement
/ (ˈlɒdʒmənt) /
the act of lodging or the state of being lodged
a blockage or accumulation
a small area gained and held in enemy territory
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