What does "lodgment" mean?

Lodgment: A lodging place; a room. [Obs.]

Additional senses

  1. 2.An accumulation or collection of something deposited in a place or remaining at rest.
  2. 3.(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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