billet1 /bilˈit/ noun- A note or letter assigning quarters to soldiers or others
- The quarters requisitioned
- An allocated sleeping- or resting-place
- A job or occupation
- A little note or document
transitive verb (billˈeting; billˈeted) To quarter or accommodate (eg soldiers) ORIGIN: OFr billette, dimin of bille; see bill1 billet2 /bilˈit/ noun- A small log of wood used as fuel
- A piece of timber sawn on three sides and rounded on the fourth
- A bar of metal
- An ornament in Norman architecture in the form of short cylinders with spaces between
- A bearing in the form of an upright rectangle (heraldry)
ORIGIN: Fr billette, from bille the young trunk of a tree; origin unknown billˈet-head noun A piece of wood round which the harpoon-line runs |