Lodging ppl. a.

[f. LODGE v. + -ING².] That ‘lodges’ or rests upon something; said Naut. of a horizontal in contradistinction to a ‘hanging’ or vertical knee.

1567.  Turberv., Ovid’s Epist., P vij b. Full oft vpon thine armes my lodging necke I lay.

1769.  Falconer, Dict. Marine (1780), s.v. Knee, Knees are either said to be lodging or hanging. Ibid., s.v. Decks, The horizontal or lodging knees, which lasten the beams to the sides.

1874.  Thearle, Naval Archit., 40. Lodging knees have not been fitted of late years to H. M. ships.