n. (Arch.) (a) A string-course or horizontal suit of moldings, such as the base moldings of a building. Oxf. Gloss. (b) The development of the surface of a body on a plane, so that the dimensions of the different sides may be easily ascertained. Gwilt. [ Written also ledgement, legement, and ligement. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also lodgement. ] [ Cf. F. logement. See Lodge, v. ] 1. The act of lodging, or the state of being lodged. [ 1913 Webster ]

Any particle which is of size enough to make a lodgment afterwards in the small arteries. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A lodging place; a room. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An accumulation or collection of something deposited in a place or remaining at rest. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mil.) The occupation and holding of a position, as by a besieging party; an instrument thrown up in a captured position; as, to effect a lodgment. [ 1913 Webster ]