The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lodge \Lodge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lodged (l[o^]jd); p. pr. &
   vb. n. Lodging (l[o^]j"[i^]ng).]
   1. To rest or remain a lodge house, or other shelter; to
      rest; to stay; to abide; esp., to sleep at night; as, to
      lodge in York Street. --Chaucer.
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            Stay and lodge by me this night.      --Shak.
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            Something holy lodges in that breast. --Milton.
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   2. To fall or lie down, as grass or grain, when overgrown or
      beaten down by the wind. --Mortimer.
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   3. To come to a rest; to stop and remain; to become stuck or
      caught; as, the bullet lodged in the bark of a tree; a
      piece of meat lodged in his throat.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lodging \Lodg"ing\, n.
   1. The act of one who, or that which, lodges.
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   2. A place of rest, or of temporary habitation; esp., a
      sleeping apartment; -- often in the plural with a singular
      meaning. --Gower.
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            Wits take lodgings in the sound of Bow. --Pope.
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   3. Abiding place; harbor; cover.
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            Fair bosom . . . the lodging of delight. --Spenser.
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   Lodging house, a house where lodgings are provided and let.


   Lodging room, a room in which a person lodges, esp. a hired
      room.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lodging
    n 1: structures collectively in which people are housed [syn:
         housing, lodging, living accommodations]
    2: the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even
       temporarily; "the lodgment of the balloon in the tree" [syn:
       lodgment, lodgement, lodging]
    3: the act of lodging