英语词汇“billet”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

billet

释义

a place (e.g. a private home) where soldiers are provided with board and lodging

an official order stating that a member of a military force must be provided with board and lodging in a place (e.g. a private home)

quarters assigned by a billet or as if by a billet

a position or job

a lucrative billet

[Middle English bylet short document from early French billette, dimin. of bulle document, from medieval Latin bulla: see bull²]

(often + on) to provide (e.g. soldiers) with a billet

a small thick piece of wood (e.g. for firewood)

a usu small bar of iron, steel, etc

in architecture, a short cylinder or square projection placed at regular intervals to form a Romanesque moulding or ornament

[Middle English bylet from early French billette, dimin. of bille log, of Celtic origin]

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