Definition of "lodgment" []

• The act of lodging. (noun)
• The state of being lodged. (noun)
• A place for lodging. (noun)
• An accumulation or a deposit. (noun)
• A foothold or beachhead gained by troops in enemy or neutral territory. (noun)

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• "As to whether his intentions were kindly or cruel, Madden could not determine, but their lodgment was a low kennel-like place, the smallest in the row."
• "Scotland feed not so high, sleep not so soft, and care not for the magnificence of lodgment, which is proper to their southern neighbours."
• "It nibbles the walls enclosing it, enlarging its lodgment, which is always entirely filled by its corpulent body."