Lodgment /(?)/

Lodg·ment

Lodgment

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. (Mil.)