English-Thai Dictionary
lodgment
N ที่พำนัก ti-pam-nak
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
LODGMENT
n. 1. The act of lodging, or the state of being lodged; a being placed or deposited at rest for keeping for a time or for permanence.
2. Accumulation or collection of something deposited or remaining at rest.
3. In military affairs, an encampment made by an army.
4. A work cast up by besiegers, during their approaches, in some dangerous post which they have gained, and where it is necessary to secure themselves against the enemy's fire.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
LODGMENT
Lodg "ment, n. [Written also lodgement. ] Etym: [Cf. F. logement. See Lodge, v.]
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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
lodgment
lodg ment |ˈläjmənt ˈlɑʤmənt |(also lodgement ) ▶noun 1 chiefly literary a place in which a person or thing is located, deposited, or lodged: they found a lodgment for the hook in the crumbling parapet. 2 the depositing of money in a particular bank, account, etc. 3 Military a temporary defensive work made on a captured part of an enemy's fortifications to secure a position and provide protection. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French logement ‘dwelling, ’ from Old French loge ‘arbor ’ (see lodge ).
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
lodgment
lodg ment (!/lɑ́dʒmənt |lɔ́dʒ -/) 名詞 1 U 宿泊 ; C 宿泊所 .2 C 堆積 （たいせき ）物, 詰まった物 ; U 堆積, 詰まる [引っかかる ]こと .3 U (苦情などの正式な )申し立て .4 C 〘軍 〙(敵地に得た )拠点, 足場 .
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