Lodg"ment (?), n. [Written also lodgement.] [Cf. F. logement. See Lodge, v.]
1.
The act of lodging, or the state of being lodged.
Any particle which is of size enough to make a lodgment afterwards in the small arteries.
Paley.
2.
A lodging place; a room.
[Obs.]
3.
An accumulation or collection of something deposited in a place or remaining at rest.
4. Mil.
The occupation and holding of a position, as by a besieging party; an instrument thrown up in a captured position; as, to effect a lodgment.
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