Lŏdg'ing, n.
n. 1. A place of rest for a night, or of residence for a time; temporary habitation; apartment.
Wits take lodgings in the sound of Bow. Pope.
Sense 2. Place of residence or rest; 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.