lodge, loge, logge

[O. Fr. loge; from Low Lat. laubia =a porch; lobi a =a gallery; from O. H. Ger. loubá ; M. H. Ger. lou be ; Ger.laube =an arbor; from O. H. Ger. laup ; M. H. Ger. loub ; Ger. laub a leaf; Port. log a ; Sp. logia ; Ital. loggia . Lodge and lobby are thus doublets.] 1. A place of temporary residence or retreat; as a tent, a hut. "Thar loges & thare tent is vp the i gan bigge." Robert le Brunne, p. 67. 2. A small house in a park, domain, or forest; a cottage. "It was a lodge of ample size, But strange of structure and device." Scott: Lady of the Lake, i. 26. lœweite