WordWeight : Weighing the Words

Pronunciation : Lodg"ment
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. F. logement. See Lodge, v.]
Definition : 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.)

Defn: 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.

[Written also lodgement.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913