What is 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 called?
lodgment — (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. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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