billet
IPA: bˈɪɫʌt
noun
- A short informal letter.
- A written order to quarter soldiers.
- A sealed ticket for a draw or lottery.
- A place where a soldier is assigned to lodge.
- Temporary lodgings in a private residence, such as is organised for members of a visiting sports team.
- An allocated space or berth in a boat or ship.
- (figurative) Berth; position.
- (metallurgy) A semi-finished length of metal.
- A short piece of wood, especially one used as firewood.
- A short cutting of sugar cane produced by a harvester or used for planting.
- (heraldry) A rectangle used as a charge on an escutcheon.
- (architecture) An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood, either square or round.
- (saddlery) A strap that enters a buckle.
- A loop that receives the end of a buckled strap.
- Alternative form of billard (“coalfish”) [(obsolete) A coalfish, especially a young one.]
verb
- (transitive, of a householder etc.) To lodge soldiers, or guests, usually by order.
- (intransitive, of a soldier) To lodge, or be quartered, in a private house.
- (transitive) To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge.
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