D defs.my
Entry 4 senses Webster, 1913

Lodgment

/lŏjmənt/ · Lodg·ment · IPA /ˈlɑd͡ʒmənt/
01 n. The act of lodging, or the state of being lodged.
  1. 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. 2.
    A lodging place; a room.[Obs.]
  3. 3.
    An accumulation or collection of something deposited in a place or remaining at rest.
  4. 4.
    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.(Mil.)