lodgment [loj-muh nt] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun the act of lodging. the state of being lodged. something lodged or deposited. Military. a position or foothold gained from an enemy, or an entrenchment made upon it. a lodging place; rooming house. accommodations; lodgings. Liberaldictionary.com
Also especially British, lodge·ment. Origin of lodgment From the Middle French word logement, dating back to 1590–1600. See lodge, -ment Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for lodgement Historical Examples of lodgement
Within it the one he had thought of forthwith obtained her lodgement.
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Every effort to gain a lodgement in its neighborhood had signally failed.
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Was McLean the man “nearer her own years” who had already found a lodgement in her heart?
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One way or another a lodgement must be obtained among the tree-tops.
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As he neared the ground, the balsam, shaken from its lodgement, cracked and fell.
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British Dictionary definitions for lodgement lodgment lodgement noun the act of lodging or the state of being lodged a blockage or accumulation 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 Word Origin and History for lodgement n.
1590s, from French logement (14c.) “accommodation, lodgings,” from Old French logier (see lodge (v.)).
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