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Billet Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Billet? [n] for military personnel (especially in a private home) [v] provide housing for, of military personnel Synonyms \| Synonyms for Billet: canton \| quarter Related Terms \| Find terms related to Billet: achievement \| acknowledgment \| alerion \| anchor \| animal charge \| annulet \| answer \| appointment \| argent \| armorial bearings \| armory \| arms \| azure \| bandeau \| bar \| bar sinister \| baton \| beam \| bearings \| bed \| bend \| bend sinister \| berth \| bestow \| billet at \| bivouac \| blazon \| blazonry \| board \| boarding \| bordure \| broad arrow \| bunk \| burrow \| business letter \| cadency mark \| camp \| canton \| chaplet \| charge \| chevron \| chief \| chit \| clapboard \| coat of arms \| cockatrice \| colonize \| come to anchor \| communication \| connection \| cord \| cordwood \| coronet \| crescent \| crest \| cross \| cross moline \| crown \| deal \| device \| difference \| differencing \| dispatch \| domesticate \| domicile \| domiciliate \| driftwood \| drop anchor \| eagle \| employment \| engagement \| ensconce \| entertain \| epistle \| ermine \| ermines \| erminites \| erminois \| escutcheon \| establish residence \| falcon \| favor \| fess \| fess point \| field \| file \| firewood \| flanch \| fleur-de-lis \| fret \| fur \| fusil \| garland \| gig \| griffin \| gules \| gyron \| harbor \| hardwood \| hatchment \| helmet \| heraldic device \| hive \| honor point \| house \| hut \| impalement \| impaling \| incumbency \| inescutcheon \| ingot \| inhabit \| job \| keep house \| label \| lath \| lathing \| lathwork \| letter \| line \| lion \| live at \| locate \| lodge \| log \| lozenge \| lumber \| mantling \| marshaling \| martlet \| mascle \| message \| metal \| missive \| moonlighting \| moor \| motto \| move \| mullet \| nest \| nombril point \| note \| octofoil \| office \| opening \| or \| ordinary \| orle \| pale \| paly \| panelboard \| paneling \| panelwork \| park \| pean \| people \| perch \| pheon \| place \| plank \| planking \| plyboard \| plywood \| pole \| populate \| position \| post \| puncheon \| purpure \| put up \| quarter \| quartering \| relocate \| reply \| rescript \| reside \| rod \| room \| roost \| rose \| sable \| saltire \| scutcheon \| second job \| service \| set up housekeeping \| set up shop \| settle \| settle down \| shake \| sheathing \| sheathing board \| sheeting \| shelter \| shield \| shingle \| sideboard \| siding \| sit down \| situation \| slab \| slat \| softwood \| splat \| spot \| spread eagle \| squat \| stable \| stand \| station \| stave \| stay at \| stick \| stick of wood \| stovewood \| strike root \| strip \| subordinary \| take residence at \| take root \| take up residence \| tenne \| tenure \| three-by-four \| timber \| timbering \| timberwork \| tincture \| torse \| tressure \| two-by-four \| unicorn \| vacancy \| vair \| vert \| weatherboard \| wood \| wreath \| yale See Also \| accommodate \| housing \| living accommodations \| lodge \| lodging Billet In Webster's Dictionary \Bil"let\, n. [F. billet, dim. of an OF. bille bill. See {Bill} a writing.] 1. A small paper; a note; a short letter. ``I got your melancholy billet.'' --Sterne. 2. A ticket from a public officer directing soldiers at what house to lodge; as, a billet of residence. \Bil"let\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Billeted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Billeting}.] [From {Billet} a ticket.] (Mil.) To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge. Hence: To quarter, or place in lodgings, as soldiers in private houses. Billeted in so antiquated a mansion. --W. Irving. \Bil"let\, n. [F. billette, bille, log; of unknown origin; a different word from bille ball. Cf. {Billiards}, {Billot}.] 1. A small stick of wood, as for firewood. They shall beat out my brains with billets. --Shak. 2. (Metal.) A short bar of metal, as of gold or iron. 3. (Arch.) An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood either square or round. 4. (Saddlery) (a) A strap which enters a buckle. (b) A loop which receives the end of a buckled strap. --Knight. 5. (Her.) A bearing in the form of an oblong rectangle. \Bil"let\, n. Quarters or place to which one is assigned, as by a billet or ticket; berth; position. Also used fig. [Colloq.] The men who cling to easy billets ashore. --Harper's Mag. His shafts of satire fly straight to their billet, and there they rankle. --Pall Mall Mag.

Billet Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Billet?

[n] for military personnel (especially in a private home)
[v] provide housing for, of military personnel

Synonyms | Synonyms for Billet: canton | quarter

Billet In Webster's Dictionary

\Bil"let\, n. [F. billet, dim. of an OF. bille bill. See
{Bill} a writing.]
1. A small paper; a note; a short letter. ``I got your
   melancholy billet.'' --Sterne.

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


\Bil"let\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Billeted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Billeting}.] [From {Billet} a ticket.] (Mil.)
To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge. Hence: To
quarter, or place in lodgings, as soldiers in private houses.

      Billeted in so antiquated a mansion.     --W. Irving.


\Bil"let\, n. [F. billette, bille, log; of unknown
origin; a different word from bille ball. Cf. {Billiards},
{Billot}.]
1. A small stick of wood, as for firewood.

         They shall beat out my brains with billets. --Shak.

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

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

4. (Saddlery)
   (a) A strap which enters a buckle.
   (b) A loop which receives the end of a buckled strap.
       --Knight.

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


\Bil"let\, n.
Quarters or place to which one is assigned, as by a billet or
ticket; berth; position. Also used fig. [Colloq.]

      The men who cling to easy billets ashore. --Harper's
                                               Mag.

      His shafts of satire fly straight to their billet, and
      there they rankle.                       --Pall Mall
                                               Mag.

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