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lodge(1) (iou)



lodge noun. ME.
[Old French loge arbour, summer-house, hut (in mod. French hut, cottage, theatre box, etc.) from medieval Latin laubia, lobia from Germanic (whence German Laube arbour), perh. from base of LEAF noun1. Cf. LOBBY noun.]
I.
A small house or dwelling, esp. a temporary one; a hut; a tent; an arbour. Now dial. ME.
b. A prison, a cell. ME-E18.
c. A shed, an outhouse. dial. E18.
A workshop, esp. a mason's workshop. Long obsolete exc. Hist. ME.
H. Braun Quarries having their own lodges capable of supplying ready-made such simple features as doorways.
A house in a forest, on a moor, etc., used for temporary accommodation by people hunting or shooting game. LME.
R. Macaulay The Maxwells' shooting lodge stood in a fold of the moors.
A small house, at the entrance of a park or in the grounds of a mansion, occupied by a gate-keeper, gardener, etc.; a room or kiosk occupied by a porter at the entrance of a college, factory, etc. LME.
The den or lair of an animal, now esp. that of a beaver or otter. M16.
gen. A lodging, an abode; esp. a temporary one. Formerly also, a place where something can lodge. L16.
A meeting-place for members of a branch of the Freemasons or some other societies; (the members of) a branch of Freemasons etc., a local branch of a trade union. Also, a meeting of a lodge of Freemasons etc. L17.
Grand Lodge the governing body of the Freemasons (and of some other societies), presided over by the grand-master. Orange Lodge: see ORANGE adjective2.
Daily Mail Men at 25 miners' union lodges..have already defied a recommendation from their area delegates.
The residence of the head of a college, esp. at Cambridge University. M18.
a. A sump or pump room in a mine shaft. M18.
b. A mill dam. dial. M19.
A large house; a hotel. Chiefly as 2nd elem. of proper names. E19.
motor lodge: see MOTOR noun & adjective.
The tent of a N. American Indian; a wigwam, a tepee. Also, the number of Indians accommodated in one tent as a unit of enumeration, reckoned from four to six. E19.
II. Rendering related mod. Romance words.
= LOGGIA. M17-E19.
= LOGE noun 2. rare. M18.
[Cf. Portuguese loja.] A storage room for wine. L19.