lodgeableadj.
/ˈlɒdʒəb(ə)l/ 1. That may be lodged in; suitable for lodging or dwelling in.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > [adjective] > suitable for lodging in
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1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Habitabile,..inhabitable, that may be dwelt in, lodgeable.
1622 J. Donne Serm. to Hon. Company Virginian Plantation 19 The Kings presence makes a Village the Court; but he that hath service to do at Court, would be glad to finde it in a lodgeable and convenient place.
a1641 J. Finett Philoxenis (1656) 164 The Ambassador's house was appointed, but not yet..Lodgable.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 200 The house is old fashioned..but lodgeable and commodious.
1794 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XII. 22 The manse is a large lodgeable house.
a1850 Jeffrey in Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (1886) The lodgeable area of the earth.
2. That may be or can be lodged.
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1897 Webster's Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) So many persons are not lodgeable in this village.
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