Other forms: lodged, lodges, lodging
A lodge is a simple building for holidays in the country. A hunting lodge, a ski lodge, stay in a lodge.
It was originally the keeper's house at a gate or in a park, which is why so many English estates have one at the entrance. As a verb, to lodge means to stay somewhere temporarily, and to lodge a complaint means to file it formally. A lodge is also a branch of a fraternal society.
1nounlodgeA simple building for holidays in the country.
“We rented a wooden lodge in the mountains for a skiing holiday.”
2verbfileTo file a complaint or claim formally.
“The family plans to lodge an appeal against the court's decision.”
lodge is a building, or a filing.
Old French loge means an arbour or shelter, from a Germanic word for a porch. Lobby comes from the same shelter.
Proto-Indo-European
*lewbʰ- (cut off)
Middle English
logge
English, today
lodge
From Middle English logge. From Middle English logge, from Old French loge (“an arbour, a covered walk-way”). See also Medieval Latin lobia, laubia; also Old High German louba (“a porch, a gallery”) (German Laube (“bower, arbor”)), Old High German loub (“leaf, foliage”), Old English lēaf (“leaf, foliage”). a doublet of loggia and lobby.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA