'Lodging house' definitions:

Definition of 'lodging house'

noun

A house where rooms are rented [syn: lodging house, rooming house]

From: GCIDE

Lodging \Lodg"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, lodges. [1913 Webster]
2. A place of rest, or of temporary habitation; esp., a sleeping apartment; -- often in the plural with a singular meaning. --Gower. [1913 Webster]
Wits take lodgings in the sound of Bow. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
3. Abiding place; harbor; cover. [1913 Webster]
Fair bosom . . . the lodging of delight. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Lodging house, a house where lodgings are provided and let.
Lodging room, a room in which a person lodges, esp. a hired room. [1913 Webster]