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Billet   /bˈɪlət/  /bˈɪlɪt/   Listen
noun
Billard  n.  (Written also billet and billit)  (Zool.) An English fish, allied to the cod; the coalfish.


Billet  n.  
1.
A small paper; a note; a short letter. "I got your melancholy billet."
2.
A ticket from a public officer directing soldiers at what house to lodge; as, a billet of residence.
3.
Quarters or place to which one is assigned, as by a billet or ticket; berth; position. Also used fig. (Colloq.) "The men who cling to easy billets ashore." "His shafts of satire fly straight to their billet, and there they rankle."


Billet  n.  
1.
A small stick of wood, as for firewood. "They shall beat out my brains with billets."
2.
(Metal.) A short bar of metal, as of gold or iron.
3.
(Arch.) An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood either square or round.
4.
(Saddlery)
(a)
A strap which enters a buckle.
(b)
A loop which receives the end of a buckled strap.
5.
(Her.) A bearing in the form of an oblong rectangle.


verb
Billet  v. t.  (past & past part. billeted; pres. part. billeting)  (Mil.) To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge. Hence: To quarter, or place in lodgings, as soldiers in private houses. "Billeted in so antiquated a mansion."





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"Billet" Quotes from Famous Books



... his head and passes a weary hand across a worried brow. When he has confused himself to the top of his bent he searches round for other victims. On this Sunday night ill luck directed his footsteps to my billet; seeing me in bed, he became positively aghast, though I firmly believe he was inwardly delighted to discover ...
— Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 2, 1914 • Various
... intelligence, the sweetness, and—alas! the sadness also of those fine, grey eyes, the mental power of that forehead, and the rare sensibility of that serious mouth, when my glance, travelling downwards, fell on a narrow billet, stuck in the corner of the picture, between the frame and the canvas. Then I first asked, "Who sent this picture? Who thought of me, saved it out of the wreck of Crimsworth Hall, and now commits it to the care of its natural keeper?" ...
— The Professor • (AKA Charlotte Bronte) Currer Bell
... in order to justify yourself to the First Consul in case of emergency, very good. I will write the billet." ...
— Marie Antoinette And Her Son • Louise Muhlbach
... the shot began to hum past us, I must plead guilty to having at the outset experienced a certain amount of nervous trepidation. I had an idea that every shot would find its mark, that "every bullet has its billet," and I momentarily expected to feel the crushing blow which would tell me that I had been hit. But on we swept, the shot flying close over our heads, or just past us on either side, occasionally striking the water within such near ...
— The Rover's Secret - A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba • Harry Collingwood
... the five Brothers had reported back to their billet for duty, and while they were in the dugout, detailing over again some of their experiences at the mill, ...
— The Khaki Boys Over the Top - Doing and Daring for Uncle Sam • Gordon Bates


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