lodgingn.
/ˈlɒdʒɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈlɑdʒɪŋ/ 1. The action of lodge v. (in various senses).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [noun] > with temporary accommodation
harbouringc1384
lodging1525
bestow1589
quartering1608
billeting1936
rooming1968
the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting specific animals > [noun] > deer > actions in deer-hunting
huinga1250
assayc1400
lodging1525
mort1555
imprime1590
say?1611
essay1694
mort note1830
tufting1862
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > cutting, reaping, or mowing > crop as it falls cut
swathc1325
swarth1552
rew1553
swatch1577
lodging1733
swipe1869
1525 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 110 The auld statut maid for the ressayt and luging of strangaris.
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xliv. 141 There is not so muche skill to be vsed in lodgyng of a Bucke, as in harboring of a Harte.
1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie i. sig. Bb5 The custom of the Indians in giving to the Bramines the first nights lodging with their Brides.
1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 95 b Houses..for the lodging of men, animals, or tools of agriculture.
1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xiii. 69 One Cause is the lodging or falling of Corn.
1884 Manch. Examiner 30 June 5/3 That the straw is short..is a great safeguard against ‘lodging’ in the event of heavy rainstorms.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > [noun]
wonningc960
bewistc1200
livingc1350
lodging1362
habitationc1374
indwellinga1382
dwellingc1384
inhabitinga1400
bidingc1400
inhabitationc1400
residencec1405
mansiona1425
winningc1425
demur1444
abodec1450
resianty1467
demurrance1509
resiance1566
place-being1567
residency1579
resiancy1580
commorancy1586
residing1587
inhabitance1588
abodement1592
commorance1594
habit1603
commoration1623
inwoning1647
inhabitancy1681
habitancy1792
domicile1835
occupying1849
abidal1850
tenancy1856
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > [verb (intransitive)]
liec1000
harbourc1200
sojournc1290
layc1300
sojourc1330
to make, take (up) one's lodging1362
pilgrimagea1382
bield?a1400
lodgec1400
tarryc1400
to make (one's) residence1433
harbingec1475
harbry1513
stay1554
roost?1555
embower1591
quarter1591
leaguer1596
allodge1601
tenta1616
visit1626
billet1628
to lie abroad1650
tabernacle1653
sojourney1657
canton1697
stop1797
to shake down1858
to hole up1875
perendinate1886
shack1935
cotch1950
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. xii. 44 His loggyng is with Lyf that lord is of erthe.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 62 Thei take logginge in the toun After the disposicion Wher as him thoghte best to duelle.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6212 Þis folk..innermar þe loging made.
c1480 (a1400) St. Andrew 56 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 64 Þe house..quhar þai twa þare lugyne in þe towne can ma.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin iii. 44 Go to a gode town and take thy logginge.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Song of Sol. vii. 11 Let vs go forth in to the felde, and take oure lodginge in the vyllages.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. vi. xviii. 126 When hee [sc. the Ganges] is once come into the flat plaines and even countrey..he taketh up his lodging in a certaine lake.
1611 Bible (King James) Isa. x. 29 They haue taken vp their lodging at Geba. View more context for this quotation
3. † b. Dwelling accommodation, house-room.† c. Material to lie or sleep on. Obsolete.
a. Accommodation for rest at night or for residence; now only, accommodation in hired rooms or in a lodging-house (often in board and lodging).
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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
1454 in Paston Lett. I. 265 The Duke of Somersetes herbergeour hath taken up all the loggyng that may be goten nere the Toure.
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 465 To ȝiffe loggenge [L. hospitium] and other refreschenge to theyme.
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. 190 He was ressauit in lugeing with Attius Tulius.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) John i. 38 Rabbi Where art thou at lodginge?
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 793 If this Austere insociable life,..hard lodging, and thin weedes, Nip not the gaudie blossomes of your Loue. View more context for this quotation
1611 Bible (King James) Judges xix. 15 There was no man that tooke them into his house to lodging . View more context for this quotation
1668 W. Davenant Rivals v. 48 My lodging it is on the Cold ground.
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. xi. 202 After food, cloathing and lodging are the two great wants of mankind. View more context for this quotation
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 327 An ample return for his food, his lodging, and his stipend.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 156 An old, dumb, myriad-wrinkled man, Who let him into lodging.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > [noun] > house-room
houseroom1556
house-roomth1579
lodgingc1720
c1720 N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Architecture II. iv. 10 One may make more or less lodging than I have here drawn, according as..the master shall require.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > bedding > [noun]
beddinga1000
lodging1683
couching1727
1683 T. Tryon Way to Health (1697) xvii. 402 Chaff-Beds, with Ticks of Canvas, and Quilts made of Wooll or Flocks to lay on them; which..is the most easie and pleasant Lodging that can be invented.
1701 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 3) ii. 382 Their Feathers serve to stuff our Beds and Pillows, yielding us soft and warm Lodging.
4. concrete.figurative and in extended use.a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. C4v Our degenerate soules made worse by theyr clayey lodgings.1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 166 Not to behold This shamefull lodging [sc. the stocks] . View more context for this quotation1645 E. Waller À la Malade 23 The breaches made In that faire Lodging [the body] still more clear Make the bright Guest your Soule appear.1646 W. Jenkyn Reformation's Remora 10 Without it [Religion], Kingdoms are but..lurking places for theeves, not lodgings for the pure God.1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall iv. 53 Christians..acknowledged their bodies to be the lodging of Christ.1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 124 Plaister thou their chinky Hives with Clay, And leafy Branches o're their Lodgings lay. View more context for this quotation† b. The portion of space assigned to one man in a camp. Obsolete.† c. A ward in a hospital; a cell in a prison.† d. A square on a chessboard, as being the ‘place’ of a particular piece. Obsolete.† e. Hunting. The lair of a buck, stag, etc. Obsolete.
a. A place or building in which a person lodges or resides; a dwelling-place, abode; †a bedroom (obsolete); †military quarters, encampment (obsolete). (In the sense of ‘temporary lodging-place’, ‘hired rooms’, commonly superseded by the plural lodgings: see 5b) (castle) of lodgings: (one) used as a residence.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [noun]
resteOE
worthineeOE
settlea900
wickc900
houseOE
erdinga1000
teld-stedec1000
wonningc1000
innOE
bewistc1200
setnessc1200
wanea1225
i-holda1250
wonec1275
wunselec1275
wonning-place1303
bigginga1325
wonning-stede1338
tabernaclea1340
siegec1374
dwelling-placec1380
lodgingc1380
seea1382
tabernaclea1382
habitationc1384
mansionc1385
arresta1400
bowerc1400
wonning-wanec1400
lengingc1420
tenementc1425
tentc1430
abiding placea1450
mansion place1473
domicile1477
lendingc1480
inhabitance1482
biding-place?1520
seat1535
abode1549
remainingc1550
soil1555
household1585
mansion-seata1586
residing1587
habitance1590
fixation1614
situation?1615
commoratorya1641
haft1785
location1795
fanea1839
inhabitancy1853
habitat1854
occupancy1864
nivas1914
downsetting1927
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
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > dwelling of king or ruler > [noun] > castle used as residence
castlea1075
(castle) of lodgingsc1515
slot1578
schloss1662
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > bedroom
clevec825
bedchamberc1390
wardrobea1400
kuchiez kotec1400
garderobe?c1450
cubicle1483
pallet chambera1535
bed-place1566
kitchen chamber1573
bedroom1600
cubiculoa1616
lodginga1616
lodging-room1615
bower1674
ruelle1676
lodging-chambera1684
common chamber1684
sleeping-room1699
hall-bedroom1738
berth1806
bunk-room1855
bed-house1881
cubicule1887
bedder1897
bed1926
sleeping-platform1935
roomette1937
single1963
maid-room1992
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3063 Þanne þay gunne to pryke vaste toward hure logyngge.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 887 Þay lest of lotez logging any lysoun to fynde.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vi. 1 The king is went till his luging [1489 Adv. logyng].
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin iii. 43 He come in to oure loigginge in Northumberlonde while we satte at oure mete.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xi. 31 He was serchyd for in his logynge.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xxiij They that went before inquyred after ynnes and lodgynges as though they woulde repose them selfes there all nighte.
a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1710) I. 72 Raby is the largest Castel of Logginges in al the North Cuntery.
1588 Dr. A. Perne Will in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 28 The Colledge Librairie..to be newe builded at the east end of the Masters Lodginge longewayes towardes the Streate.
?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 375 The menstrallis and the bairdis..About his ludgene loudlie played.
1604 M. Drayton Owle sig. G And on each small branch of this large-lymb'd Oke Their prettie lodgings carelesly they tooke.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) Indict. i. 47 Burne sweet Wood to make the Lodging sweete. View more context for this quotation
a1625 J. Fletcher Loyal Subj. ii. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Eee/1 The rest [of the rooms] above are lodgings all.
1637 J. Taylor (Water-P.) (title) The Carriers Cosmographie: or A Briefe Relation, of The Innes, Ordinaries, Hosteries, and other lodgings in or neere London.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 264. ⁋1 He lives in a Lodging of Ten Shillings a Week.
1798 Monthly Mag. 6 436 ‘A lodging all within itself, with divers easements, to set’, is the common stile of a bill for letting a house in Edinburgh.
1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles v. xxi. 202 In sylvan lodging close bestow'd, He placed the page.
1823 J. Galt Ringan Gilhaize I. iii. 30 Going straight up the walk to the door of a lodging, to the which this was the parterre and garden.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 479 Hacket..had already secured every inn and lodging.
1883 R. W. Dixon Mano ii. i. 63 His eye fell fiercely on me, when my way I found into his lodging.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > [noun] > encamping > art of laying out camp > space allowed for each man
lodging1598
1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 155 Vnto euery man at Armes, we will allow 8 lodgings, and vnto euery roome or lodging,..we will giue 50 superficiall foote of ground.
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the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > hospital or infirmary > hospital ward
lodging1612
ward1739
society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > cell
houseOE
cabinc1522
hole1535
lodging1612
hold1717
cell1728
lock-up room1775
glory-hole1825
box1834
drum1846
sweat-box1870
booby-hutch1889
Peter1890
booby1899
boob1908
flowery dell1925
slot1947
1612 New Life Virginia (1897) 9 An hospital with four~score lodgings, and beds already sent to furnish them.
c1689 in J. Y. Akerman Moneys Secret Services Charles II & James II (1851) 133 For strengthening divers of the prison lodgings with iron bars, bolts, and locks.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] > chessboard > square
pointc1450
house1562
lodging1562
place1562
step1562
square1611
chequer1801
1562 tr. Damiano da Odemira Pleasaunt Playe of Cheasts v. sig. Eivv Thou shalte cause thy Knight to retyre to the lodging of thy Queene.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > lair of
lodginga1586
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. x. sig. F7v The Stagge thought it better to trust the nimblenes of his feete, then to the slender fortification of his lodging.
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xvi. 147 They doe readilie discouer..the Tracks, Fourmes, and lodgings of Beasts of Chase.
5. Specialized uses of the plural.† a. Military quarters. Obsolete.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > [noun] > quarters
lodging1475
quarter1570
allodgement1598
lodgement1598
cantonment1756
billet1830
1475 Bk. Noblesse 69 The duc made redy the ordenaunce wyth shot of grete gounys amongys the rebells and shot of arowes myghtelye, that they kept her loggeyns.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. xxviij For his other lodgynges he had great and goodly tentes of blewe.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. I. i. 8 The first inventer of the Portative tents or lodgings.
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. v. iii. §17. 541 [They] fell vpon him; with hope to take him vnprepared, whilest hee was making his lodgings.
1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 839 Lodgings were made for the Souldiers under Ground in the Form of Trenches.
1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. 55 Very cold Lodgings, hard Marches, Scarcity of Provision.
b. A room or rooms hired for accommodation and residence in the house of another (in modern usage, not in an inn or hotel).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > [noun] > hired lodgings
chambers1581
rooms1623
lodging1640
digging1838
set1840
digs1893
1640 S. D'Ewes in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 165 I have promised to take lodgings close by him in the Coven Garden.
1712 A. Pope Rape of Locke ii, in Misc. Poems 366 Sooner shall Grass in Hide-Park Circus grow, And Wits take Lodgings in the Sound of Bow.
1751 Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (1752) 21 He used to lye at night in houses where he found written over the door Lodgings for a penny.
1787 C. Smith Romance Real Life I. 220 She discharged her lodgings..and went to another part of Paris.
1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xxix. 296 The house may be yours: but the lodgings are mine and you will have the goodness to leave them.
1861 C. E. L. Riddell City & Suburb II. vi. 107 Life in lodgings, at the best of times, is not a peculiarly exhilarating state of existence.
c. An official residence. Now the name given to the houses of the heads of certain Oxford colleges. (Cf. quot. 1588 at sense 4a, and lodge n. 8.) Also Judges' lodgings: the house which (in some assize towns) is occupied by the judges during the assizes.
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society > education > place of education > educational buildings > [noun] > college or university buildings > staff residence
lodging1661
lodge1769
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > official residence > [noun] > of people in specific employment
almonry1440
ferry house1595
prefecture1802
station house1805
pilothouse1812
lodging1826
schoolhouse1842
wardenry1859
adviserate1938
1661 A. Wood Life 3 May They all went to the warden's lodgings, and gave him possession.
1826 Act 7 Geo. IV c. 63 §1 Provisions..for providing Lodgings for the Accommodation of His Majesty's Judges of Assize.
1827 Oxford Guide 38 Queen's College... Over the west cloister are two stories, containing..the Provost's Lodgings [etc.].
1895 Strand Mag. Mar. 320 The judge's lodgings are usually a fine old house set apart for the purpose.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
lodging-hunting n.
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1879 ‘E. Lyall’ Won by Waiting ix It was certainly lodging hunting under difficulties.
lodging-lease n.
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1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. II. iv. iii. 483 For each distinct species of contract let a distinct species of paper be provided,..as for instance..lodging-lease paper.
lodging-letter n.
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1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 366/2 A lodging-letter..will..drive keen bargains for plates, dishes, or wash-hand basins and jugs.
lodging-place n.
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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
14.. Epiph. in Tundale's Vis. (1843) 116 Whyll thei slepped at her loggyng place Ther com an angell apperyng with grette lyght.
1611 Bible (King James) Josh. iv. 3 In the lodging place where you shall lodge this night. View more context for this quotation
1878 J. Buller Forty Years N.Z. 70 In a small rush church we met with a lodging-place.
lodging-seeker n.
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1885 R. L. Stevenson & F. Stevenson Dynamiter 99 A large number of lodging-seekers.
C2. lodging-house n., lodging-room n. † lodging-chamber n. Obsolete = lodging-room n. b.† lodging-fellow n. Obsolete one who shares the same lodgings with another.
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lodging-car n. U.S. ‘a car fitted with bunks for hands at work on a railway line’ (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech., Suppl.).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > bedroom
clevec825
bedchamberc1390
wardrobea1400
kuchiez kotec1400
garderobe?c1450
cubicle1483
pallet chambera1535
bed-place1566
kitchen chamber1573
bedroom1600
cubiculoa1616
lodginga1616
lodging-room1615
bower1674
ruelle1676
lodging-chambera1684
common chamber1684
sleeping-room1699
hall-bedroom1738
berth1806
bunk-room1855
bed-house1881
cubicule1887
bedder1897
bed1926
sleeping-platform1935
roomette1937
single1963
maid-room1992
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 406 The Hall, Chapell, and infinite number of Lodging Chambers are remarkable.
1687 T. Smith in J. R. Bloxham Magdalen Coll. & James II (1886) (modernized text) 162 Lodging-chambers.
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?1478–9 W. Worcester Itineraries 360 Sir Phelip Braunche [etc.]..apud le sege de Roon; fuerunt le logeyng felowys.
lodging-hall n. U.S. a lodging-house.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > public lodging-places > [noun] > boarding house
pensiona1652
boarding-house1728
lodging-house1766
private hotel1796
drum1846
boarding-place1854
lodging-hall1860
rooming house1873
chawl1891
model1899
guest house1925
kipping-house1925
pensione1929
pensionnat1963
1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career xii. 208 We left Arthur Blague..sitting on his bed in the lodging-hall.
1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career xvi. 293 Cheek was..led to the trunk-room of the lodging-hall.
lodging-money n. an allowance made by government to all officers and soldiers for whom there is not sufficient accommodation in barracks (1872–6 G. E. Voyle Mil. Dict.).
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1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Lodging money.
lodging paper n. a handbill advertising lodgings.
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society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > advertising > advertising specific thing > [noun] > lodgings
lodging paper1817
1817 J. Austen Sanditon vii, in Minor Wks. (1954) 402 No fewer than three Lodging Papers staring me in the face at this very moment.
lodging turn n. an occasion or period for which a railway employee has to lodge at his place of destination before returning to his place of departure.
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society > travel > rail travel > [noun] > operation of railways > specific methods of operation
run-through1904
lodging turn1952
1952 Ann. Reg. 1951 15 Economy measures, some of which (such as more lodging turns) had caused serious strikes.
1955 Ann. Reg. 1954 30 About two-thirds of the..footplate men..came out on strike against the introduction of new ‘lodging turns’, i.e. nights spent, usually in railway hostels, away from home.
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lodgingadj.
/ˈlɒdʒɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈlɑdʒɪŋ/ That ‘lodges’ or rests upon something; said Nautical of a horizontal in contradistinction to a ‘hanging’ or vertical knee.
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1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid Heroycall Epist. 113v Full oft vpon thine armes my lodging neck I laye.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Knee Knees are either said to be lodging or hanging.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Decks The horizontal or lodging knees, which fasten the beams to the sides.
1874 S. J. P. Thearle Naval Archit. (new ed.) I. 40 Lodging knees have not been fitted of late years to H.M. ships.
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