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billet
1[ bil-it ]
noun
- lodging for a soldier, student, etc., as in a private home or nonmilitary public building.
- Military. an official order, written or verbal, directing the person to whom it is addressed to provide such lodging.
- a place assigned, as a bunk, berth, or the like, to a member of a ship's crew.
- Archaic. a written note, short letter, or the like.
verb (used with object)
- Military. to direct (a soldier) by ticket, note, or verbal order, where to lodge.
- to provide lodging for; quarter:
We arranged with the townspeople to billet the students.
verb (used without object)
- to obtain lodging; stay:
They billeted in youth hostels.
billet
2[ bil-it ]
noun
- a small chunk of wood; a short section of a log, especially one cut for fuel.
- Metalworking. a comparatively narrow, generally square, bar of steel, especially one rolled or forged from an ingot; a narrow bloom.
- an iron or steel slab upon concrete, serving as a footing to a column.
- Architecture. any of a series of closely spaced cylindrical objects, often in several rows, used as ornaments in a hollow molding or cornice.
- a strap that passes through a buckle, as to connect the ends of a girth.
- a pocket or loop for securing the end of a strap that has been buckled.
- Heraldry. a small, rectangular figure with the longer sides generally vertical, said to represent a block of wood.
billet
1/ ˈbɪlɪt /
noun
- accommodation, esp for a soldier, in civilian lodgings
- the official requisition for such lodgings
- a space or berth allocated, esp for slinging a hammock, in a ship
- informal.a job
- archaic.a brief letter or document
verb
- tr to assign a lodging to (a soldier)
- informal.tr to assign to a post or job
- to lodge or be lodged
billet
2/ ˈbɪlɪt /
noun
- a chunk of wood, esp for fuel
- metallurgy
- a metal bar of square or circular cross section
- an ingot cast into the shape of a prism
- architect a carved ornament in a moulding, with short cylinders or blocks evenly spaced
Derived Forms
- ˌbilletˈee, noun
- ˈbilleter, noun
Other Words From
- billet·er noun
- un·billet·ed adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of billet1
Word History and Origins
Origin of billet1
Origin of billet2
Example Sentences
My office still has no billet and no funding, this year and the next.
Fighting fires isn’t a specific military billet, but it fits under the broader umbrella of tasks the military has to do in addition to the work of war.
He doesn't believe in my zeal for efficiency at Mudros; he thinks my little plan is to work General Ellison into the billet.
What were invasions and armies—what were kings and kingdoms—to the slightest wish of the being who had written this billet?
One end of the bar is flattened and pierced with small holes, while at the other a billet of wood is suspended from a chain.
Afterwards I hurried to my billet and hastily packed up all my kit, and marched the regiment down to the trenches.
In passing through the yard, the leader of the band fell over a billet of wood, and received a momentary hurt from the fall.
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