lodgment

The act of lodging.

The state of being lodged.

A place for lodging.

An accumulation or a deposit.

A foothold or beachhead gained by troops in enemy or neutral territory.

In mining, same as lodge, 7.

The act of lodging, or the state of being lodged: as, the lodgment of money in a bank; the lodgment of grass or grain by a storm.

A deposit, as of an accumulated mass; a settling: as, the lodgment of mud in a tank.

A place where persons or things are lodged; a lodging.