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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bil•let1 /ˈbɪlɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- lodging for a soldier, etc., as in a private home:His billet was a drafty old home in a valley of the Loire.
- Militaryan official order directing the addressee to provide such lodging.
v. - Military to direct (a soldier) to a place to live and stay:[~ + object]The general billeted his men in the finest old castles.
- to provide a place to stay for;
quarter:[~ + object]Many citizens were happy to billet the soldiers in their homes. - to be quartered;
stay:[no object]They billeted in some fancy older homes.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bil•let1 (bil′it),USA pronunciation n., v., -let•ed, -let•ing. n. - lodging for a soldier, student, etc., as in a private home or nonmilitary public building.
- Militaryan official order, written or verbal, directing the person to whom it is addressed to provide such lodging.
- a place assigned, as a bunk, berth, or the like, to a member of a ship's crew.
- job;
position;
appointment. - [Archaic.]a written note, short letter, or the like.
v.t. - Militaryto direct (a soldier) by ticket, note, or verbal order, where to lodge.
- to provide lodging for;
quarter:We arranged with the townspeople to billet the students.
v.i. - to obtain lodging;
stay:They billeted in youth hostels.
- Anglo-French billette, Old French bullette, equivalent. to bulle bill1 + -ette -ette
- late Middle English bylet, billett official register 1375–1425
- Energya small chunk of wood;
a short section of a log, esp. one cut for fuel. - Metallurgya comparatively narrow, generally square, bar of steel, esp. one rolled or forged from an ingot;
a narrow bloom. - Architecturean iron or steel slab upon concrete, serving as a footing to a column.
- Architectureany of a series of closely spaced cylindrical objects, often in several rows, used as ornaments in a hollow molding or cornice.
- a strap that passes through a buckle, as to connect the ends of a girth.
- a pocket or loop for securing the end of a strap that has been buckled.
- Furniturethumbpiece.
- Heraldrya small, rectangular figure with the longer sides generally vertical, said to represent a block of wood.
- Gaulish *bilia tree trunk; compare Old Irish bile landmark tree) + -ette -ette
- Anglo-French, Middle French billette, equivalent. to bille log, tree trunk (
- late Middle English bylet, bel(l)et 1400–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: billet /ˈbɪlɪt/ n - accommodation, esp for a soldier, in civilian lodgings
- the official requisition for such lodgings
- a space or berth allocated, esp for slinging a hammock, in a ship
- informal a job
vb ( -lets, -leting, -leted)- (transitive) to assign a lodging to (a soldier)
- to lodge or be lodged
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French billette, from bulle a document; see bull³ billet /ˈbɪlɪt/ n - a chunk of wood, esp for fuel
- a metal bar of square or circular cross section
- an ingot cast into the shape of a prism
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French billette a little log, from bille log, probably of Celtic origin |