Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Lodging

Lodging , noun

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
Collocations (2)
Lodging house , a house where lodgings are provided and let.
Lodging room , a room in which a person lodges, esp. a hired room.