Lodg"ing, n.

1.

The act of one who, or that which, lodges.

2.

A place of rest, or of temporary habitation; esp., a sleeping apartment; -- often in the plural with a singular meaning.

Gower.

Wits take lodgings in the sound of Bow. Pope.

3.

Abiding place; harbor; cover.

Fair bosom . . . the lodging of delight. Spenser.

Lodging house, a house where lodgings are provided and let. -- Lodging room, a room in which a person lodges, esp. a hired room.

© Webster 1913.