Losament
As a losament , from the French logement (= apartment), an apartment was generally referred to until the 18th century. In the military sector in particular, Losament referred to a simple, mostly provisional accommodation made of wood , canvas or wickerwork . In the 16th to 18th centuries, Losament was a term for soldiers' quarters that were not built of stone, but which were built in a stationary manner - in contrast to tents. In student usage since the beginning of the 17th century, the simple dormitory has been referred to as a losament.
literature
- Meyer's Large Conversation Lexicon . Volume 12. Leipzig 1908, p. 716.
- Heinrich Meyer zu Ermgassen: Table and Losament. Food and accommodation for the scholarship holders in Marburg . In: Walter Heinemeyer (Ed.): Study and scholarship. Studies on the history of the Hessian scholarship system . Elwert, Marburg 1977, ISBN 3-7708-0582-8 , ( Publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse 37), pp. 101-240.