Billet

['bɪlɪt]

Definition

(noun.) lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home).

Typed by Alice--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A small paper; a note; a short letter.

(n.) A ticket from a public officer directing soldiers at what house to lodge; as, a billet of residence.

(v. t.) To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge. Hence: To quarter, or place in lodgings, as soldiers in private houses.

(n.) A small stick of wood, as for firewood.

(n.) A short bar of metal, as of gold or iron.

(n.) An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood either square or round.

(n.) A strap which enters a buckle.

(n.) A loop which receives the end of a buckled strap.

(n.) A bearing in the form of an oblong rectangle.

Editor: Paula

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Note, short letter.

v. a. Assign (to a lodging place, as soldiers, by a billet), apportion, allot, distribute, quarter, place in lodgings.

Typist: Randall

Definition

n. a little note or paper: a ticket assigning quarters to soldiers.—v.t. to quarter or lodge as soldiers.

n. a small log of wood used as fuel: (archit.) an ornament in Norman architecture resembling billets of wood.—n. Bill′et-head a billet or round piece of wood fixed in the bow or stern of a whale-boat round which the harpoon-line is turned when the whale is struck.

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