Lodg"ing, n.
1.
The act of one who, or that which, lodges.
2.
A place of rest, or of temporary habitation; esp., a sleeping apartment; -- often in the plural with a singular meaning.
Gower.
Wits take lodgings in the sound of Bow.
Pope.
3.
Abiding place; harbor; cover.
Fair bosom . . . the lodging of delight.
Spenser.
Lodging house, a house where lodgings are provided and let. -- Lodging room, a room in which a person lodges, esp. a hired room.
© Webster 1913.