Lodg"ment (?), n. [Written also
lodgement.] [Cf. F. logement. See Lodge,
v.] 1. The act of lodging, or
the state of being lodged.
Any particle which is of size enough to make a
lodgment afterwards in the small arteries.
Paley.2. A lodging place; a room. [Obs.]
3. An accumulation or collection of something
deposited in a place or remaining at rest.
4. (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.