Billet

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Lodging for troops.
  • n. A written order directing that such lodging be provided.
  • n. A position of employment; a job.
  • n. Archaic A short letter; a note.
  • v. To lodge (soldiers).
  • v. To serve (a person) with a written order to provide lodging for soldiers.
  • v. To assign lodging to.
  • verb-intransitive. To be quartered; lodge.
  • n. A short, thick piece of wood, especially one used as firewood.
  • n. One of a series of regularly spaced, log-shaped segments used horizontally as ornamentation in the moldings of Norman architecture.
  • n. A small, usually rectangular bar of iron or steel in an intermediate stage of manufacture.
  • n. A small ingot of nonferrous metal.
  • n. The part of a harness strap that passes through a buckle.
  • n. A loop or pocket for securing the end of a buckled harness strap.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a place where a soldier is assigned to lodge
  • v. to lodge soldiers, usually by order
  • v. to lodge, or be quartered, in a private house
  • n. A short informal letter.
  • n. A written order to quarter soldiers.
  • n. metallurgy a semi-finished length of metal
  • n. a short piece of wood, especially one used as firewood
  • n. A rectangle used as a charge on an escutcheon
  • 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.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A small paper; a note; a short letter.
  • n. A ticket from a public officer directing soldiers at what house to lodge.
  • n. Quarters or place to which one is assigned, as by a billet or ticket; berth; position. Also used fig.
  • v. 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.
  • 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A small paper or note in writing; a short letter or document.
  • n. A ticket given by a billet-master or other officer directing the person to whom it is addressed to provide board and lodging for the soldier bearing it.
  • n. Hence The place where a soldier is lodged; lodging; accommodation.
  • n. The place (marked by a numbered hammock-hook) assigned to each of the crew of a man-of-war for slinging his hammock.
  • n. Hence A place, situation, position, or appointment: as, he is looking for a billet.
  • n. A ballot or voting-paper.
  • To direct (a soldier) by a ticket or note where to lodge; hence, to quarter or place in lodgings, as soldiers in private houses.
  • To be quartered; lodge: specifically applied to soldiers.
  • n. A small stick of wood; especially, a stick of wood cut for fuel.
  • n. In heraldry, a bearing in the form of a small rectangle, usually set with the long sides vertical.
  • n. In architecture: An ornament much used in early medieval work, consisting of an imitation of a wooden billet, or a small section of a rod, of which a series are placed at regular intervals in or upon a molding, usually a concave molding. See cut under billet-molding.
  • n. A checker.
  • n. A short strap used for connecting various straps and portions of a harness.
  • n. A pocket or loop into which the end of a strap is inserted after passing through a buckle.
  • n. A small bloom; a short bar of iron or steel, with a square section, and of smaller size than an ordinary “pile.”
  • n. A local English name of the coal-fish, especially when one year old.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a short personal letter
  • v. provide housing for (military personnel)
  • n. a job in an organization
  • n. lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home)
    • Verb Form
    billeted    billeting    billets   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    accommodate    lodge    housing    living accommodations    lodging   
    Form
    billeted    billeting   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    note    berth    stick    letter    position    lodge   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Millet    Millett    gillet    millet    skillet    willet   
     
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