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

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

the foundation of the Grand Lodge of England

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

he has 28 days in which to lodge an appeal

make or become firmly fixed or embedded in a place

they had to remove a bullet lodged near his spine

the image had lodged in her mind

rent accommodation in another person's house

the man who lodged in the room next door

(of wind or rain) flatten (a standing crop)

the variety is high yielding, but it has mostly lodged