lodging

nounverbattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈlɒd͡ʒɪŋ//
United States//ˈlɑd͡ʒɪŋ//

A place to live or lodge.

noun

1
A place to live or lodge.
2
Sleeping accommodation.
When I was a Cloister-monk, I was once sent to Durham on business of our Church; and coming home again, the dark night caught me at Risby, and I had to beg a lodging there.
3
Furnished rooms in a house rented as accommodation.
4
The condition of a plant, especially a cereal, that has been flattened in the field or damaged so that it cannot stand upright, as by weather conditions or because the stem is not strong enough to support the plant.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *laubą Proto-West Germanic *laub Proto-Germanic *-jô Proto-West Germanic *-jō Frankish *laubijābor. Early Medieval Latin laubiader. Old French logebor. Middle English logge English lodge English -ing English lodging From lodge + -ing.

verb

1
Also a form of lodgepresent participle and gerund of lodge

Forms

plural: lodgings

lodge · A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a…Lodge · A surname.lodged · Lying down, with head raised; used of beasts of the chase…

lodging · A place to live or lodge.

loft · An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the…Loft · A surname.LOFT · loss of fluid test

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