lodge

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lodge/lɒʤ/

▶noun

• 1 a small house at the gates of a park or in the grounds of a large house, occupied by a gatekeeper or other employee.

  ■ a small country house occupied in season for sports such as hunting and shooting.

  ■ [in names] a large house or hotel.

  ■ a porter's quarters at the main entrance of a college or other large building.

• 2 an American Indian tent or other dwelling.

• 3 a beaver's den.

• 4 a branch or meeting place of an organization such as the Freemasons.

▶verb

• 1 present (a complaint, appeal, etc.) formally to the proper authorities.

  ■ (lodge something in/with) leave money or a valuable item in (a place) or with (someone) for safe keeping.

• 2 make or become firmly fixed in a place.

• 3 rent accommodation in another person's house.

  ■ provide with such accommodation.

• 4 (of wind or rain) flatten (a standing crop).

– origin ME loge, via OFr. loge ‘arbour, hut’ from med. L. laubia, lobia (see lobby), of Gmc origin.