Allodgement
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A place where a soldier is assigned to lodge; billet. countable, obsolete
"The Serieant Maior of a Regiment vpon all encampments or allodgements of the Armie is to attend the Serieant-Maier of the Field, & when the Campe is deuided out into Regiments, he with his Quarter-Master shall take the Regiment belonging to his colonell according to his Colonels antiquitie or greatnes of place, and first shall demonstrate to the Quarter-Master which way to contriue and cast his maine streets accoding to the greatnes or littlenes of the ground and the best conuenience for passing in and out;"
- 2 The state or condition of being lodged. uncountable
"Competition in this, as in every department of human industry, has secured the allodgement of 200 models of different machines for the same purpose, in our Patent Oflice—each inventor claiming to have excelled his competitors in the production of the best article."
Example
More examples"The Serieant Maior of a Regiment vpon all encampments or allodgements of the Armie is to attend the Serieant-Maier of the Field, & when the Campe is deuided out into Regiments, he with his Quarter-Master shall take the Regiment belonging to his colonell according to his Colonels antiquitie or greatnes of place, and first shall demonstrate to the Quarter-Master which way to contriue and cast his maine streets accoding to the greatnes or littlenes of the ground and the best conuenience for passing in and out;"
Etymology
From a- + lodgement.
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