LODG'MENT, noun 1. The act of lodging, or the state of being lodged; a being placed or deposited at rest for keeping for a time or for permanence. 2. Accumulation or collection of something deposited or remaining at rest. 3. In military affairs, an encampment made by an army. 4. A work cast up by besiegers, during their approaches, in some dangerous post which they have gained, and where it is necessary to secure themselves against the enemy's fire.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI