Lodgment

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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. 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.