lodgment

Definitions

1. 1.A lodging place; a room. [Obs.]
2. 2.An accumulation or collection of something deposited in a place or remaining at rest.
3. 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.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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