单词 | lodgement |
释义 | lodgementn. 1. a. A place or building in which persons or things are lodged, located, or deposited; a place of shelter or protection; in early use Military, quarters for soldiers. ? Now rare or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > [noun] > place to accommodate something lodge1571 lodgement1598 stowagea1641 stowage room1763 space1840 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > [noun] earneOE wickc900 bottleeOE innOE boldOE wonningc1000 wanea1225 wonea1250 bidea1300 dwelling1340 habitaculec1374 habitaclec1384 habitationc1384 mansionc1385 placea1387 manantie?a1400 dungeonc1460 longhousec1460 folda1500 residencea1522 abode1549 bield1570 lodgement1598 bidinga1600 sit-house1743 location1795 wigwam1817 address1855 yard1865 res1882 nivas1914 multifamily1952 society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > [noun] > quarters lodging1475 quarter1570 allodgement1598 lodgement1598 cantonment1756 billet1830 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres i. 9 The souldier giuen to this vice..doth disturbe all townes..and all lodgements. c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1641 (1955) II. 67 It is..the most matchlesse piece of modern Fortification..accommodated with Logiaments for the Souldiers, & magazines. 1696 C. Leslie Snake in Grass (1697) 334 This, and not Prisons, had been the proper Lodgement for Fox and Muggleton. 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. xiv. 251 Such Balls, Cases, and other commodious Repositories as are an admirable Lodgment to the Eggs and Young. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiv. 18 Within the space, were rear'd Twelve ample cells, the lodgments of his herd. 1761 F. E. Styles in Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 844 Separate lodgements, each of which contains a single bee. 1764 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 263 Design for a lodgement of fire engines. 1818 Art of preserving Feet 108 The leather [of a boot] itself will form a lodgement for the corn. b. A lodging-place; a lodging-house; lodgings. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > [noun] > lodging-place nestOE inningOE hostela1325 lodgingsc1380 lodging-place14.. entry1457 logis1477 hospital?a1513 stay1566 lodge1571 allodgement1598 lodgementa1701 gite1798 put-up1844 hang-out1852 shebang1867 stash1927 pad1935 a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 2 Certain publick Lodgments founded in Charity for the use of Travellers. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Let. (1887) 8 Come..and stop with me until you have found other lodgment. 1850 in L. Campbell & W. Garnett Life J. C. Maxwell (1882) 148 Getting room for my father (as the Bull was full) in a lodgement. 1867 J. Ingelow Dreams that came True xxiv Her scanty earnings, and her lodgment cold. 1868 J. Bright Speeches Public Policy II. 113 Personages who have their lodgment higher up Whitehall. Categories » c. Gunnery. ‘The hollow or cavity in the under part of the bore, where the shot rests when rammed home’ (1872–6 G. E. Voyle Mil. Dict.). d. Mining. = lodge n. 13a. ΚΠ 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 159 Lodgment (S[cotland]), see sump and lodge. 1886 J. Barrowman Gloss. Sc. Mining Terms 43 Lodgment, a reservoir or storage place underground for water for convenience of pumping. 2. Military. A temporary defensive work made on a captured portion of the enemy's fortifications to make good the position of the assailants and protect them from attack. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > [noun] > temporary work on captured fortifications lodgement1677 1677 London Gaz. No. 1187/2 We began to work for the raising a Battery, and the making a Lodgment to secure it. 1708 London Gaz. No. 4470/3 A new Communication was made on the Grand Lodgment between the two Counterguards. 1884 Instr. Mil. Engin. (ed. 3) I. ii. 108 It is usually advisable to make a lodgment as quickly as possible, and for this purpose to bring up the working party rapidly. 3. The action of lodging; the fact of being lodged. a. The action of establishing oneself or making good a position on an enemy's ground, or obtaining a foothold; hence, a stable position gained, a foothold. Chiefly in to make or find a lodgement. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > where one takes up a position, residence, etc. > stable position gained lodgement1702 footholda1854 1702 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) V. 229 They were gone to Vigo,..if they found it practicable, to make a lodgment there. 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. II. v. 116 Cortes durst not..attempt to make a lodgment in a city. 1816 H. Douglas Ess. Mil. Bridges iv. 104 A bridge may be constructed, and a lodgment made on the further bank of a river. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. ix. 62 My friend, who had found a lodgment upon the edge of a rock. 1897 Gen. H. Porter in Cent. Mag. Jan. 353 Many of our men succeeded in getting over the earthworks, but could not secure a lodgment which could be held. b. The action of placing in position, or of providing with a receptacle. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > [noun] layingc1330 pitchinga1398 settinga1398 couchingc1400 stowingc1440 placingc1449 stelling1560 disposition1563 location1568 planting1585 situation1589 collocation1605 situating1611 disposurea1625 depositure1635 allodgement1639 instalment1646 fixation1652 deposition1659 lodgement1713 repositing1713 emplacement1742 bestowal1773 locating1774 disposal1828 placement1844 allocation1846 enlodgement1884 siting1902 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. vii. ii. 384 The Structure and Lodgment of the Lungs. 1875 Sir W. Turner in Encycl. Brit. I. 827/2 The lower end of the bone..is marked posteriorly by grooves for the lodgment of tendons passing to the back of the hand. c. The action of depositing (a sum of money, securities, etc.); concrete a deposit of money. Now only legal. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > [noun] > formal payment as pledge or part-payment consignation1588 depositation1622 lodgement1768 1768 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (Dublin ed.) III. xvi. 245 He..has enter'd all his Lodgments in feigned Names. 1825 H. Smith Gaieties & Gravities II. 243 The lodgments made by the players. 1884 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 27 243 A decree for..lodgment in Court of a sum then in the District Registry. 1886 Law Times 81 59/2 S. had gained no priority over T. by S.'s prior lodgment of the stop-order. d. The ‘lodging’ of a thing or the accumulation of matter intercepted in fall or transit; concrete a mass of matter so lodged. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > state of cessation of movement > coming to rest settling1608 lodgement1739 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [noun] > composite collectiveness > accumulation > of matter in transit lodgement1739 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > mass formed by collection of particles > an accumulation accumulation1490 amass1567 compile1595 compilement1655 collection1697 lodgement1739 cumulation1892 pile-up1937 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > mass formed by collection of particles > an accumulation > of matter which has been in transit lodgement1739 stack-up1945 1739 S. Sharp Treat. Surg. (1747) xxiv. 120 An oppressed diaphragm from a mere lodgment of extravasated matter. 1767 B. Gooch Pract. Treat. Wounds I. 98 The lodgment of blood or other fluid may easily affect the brain by compression. 1823 W. Buckland Reliq. Diluvianæ 123 Wherever there was a ledge, or shelf or basin, however minute,..there these materials have found a lodgement. 1862 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India III. ix. iv. 633 The plains on both sides are covered at this season by heavy lodgments of water. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 21 Some [rain] finding lodgment in little hollows of the rock. e. ? A body of persons established in a place. ΚΠ 1830 E. Everett Anniv. Arrival Governor Winthrop 7 There is a great lodgment of civilized men on this continent. 4. Accommodation in a lodging-place; provision of lodgings; lodging. rare. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > [noun] harbourc1150 gesteningc1200 wickingc1275 guestinga1300 harbourya1300 harbergery1303 hostela1325 harbergagec1386 housinga1400 easement?a1425 lodging1454 hostryingec1470 harbourage1570 hospitage1611 accommodationa1616 commodation1725 lodgement1805 up-putting1815 hutmenta1857 up-put1866 mudhif1888 1805 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 3 65 The French spend less in hospitality, more in lodgement than the English. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 18 The miserable lodgement and miserable fare of a provincial inn. 1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel I. ii. vii. 130 ‘For the board and the lodgment, good,’ said Riccabocca. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iv. ix. 477 Retinue sufficient find nooks for lodgment in the poor old Schloss. 5. lodgement-level n. (see quot. 1877). ΚΠ 1877 Encycl. Brit. VI. 63/2 Driving a gallery..along the course of the coal seam, which is known as a ‘dip head level’, and a lower parallel one, in which the water collects, known as a ‘lodgment level’. 1886 J. Barrowman Gloss. Sc. Mining Terms 43 Lodgment-level, a room driven level course at a short distance to the dip of a pit and used for storage of water. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598 |
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