Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Lodging \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.