billet
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1bil·let

noun \ˈbi-lət\

Definition of BILLET

1
archaic : a brief letter : note
2
a : an official order directing that a member of a military force be provided with board and lodging (as in a private home)
b : quarters assigned by or as if by a billet
3
: position, job <a lucrative billet>

Origin of BILLET

Middle English bylet, from Anglo-French billette, diminutive of bille bill
First Known Use: 15th century

Rhymes with BILLET

2billet

transitive verb

Definition of BILLET

1
: to assign lodging to (as soldiers) by or as if by a billet
2
: to serve with a billet <billet a householder>

Examples of BILLET

  1. <every colonial household was expected to billet a British soldier>

First Known Use of BILLET

1594

Other Military Terms

bivouac, logistics, petard, salient, sally, supernumerary, tactical

3billet

noun

Definition of BILLET

1
a : a chunky piece of wood (as for firewood)
b obsolete : cudgel
2
a : a bar of metal
b : a piece of semifinished iron or steel nearly square in section made by rolling an ingot or bloom
c : a section of nonferrous metal ingot hot-worked by forging, rolling, or extrusion
d : a nonferrous casting suitable for rolling or extrusion

Origin of BILLET

Middle English bylet, from Anglo-French billete, diminutive of bille log, of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish bile landmark tree
First Known Use: 15th century

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