billet

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: noteshort letterlinepositionpostberthofficespotplacesituationquartercanton

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. a short personal letter“drop me a line when you get there”Synonyms: noteshort letterline
  2. lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home)
  3. a job in an organization“he occupied a post in the treasury”Synonyms: positionpostberthofficespotplacesituation

Verb (1)

  1. provide housing for (military personnel)Synonyms: quartercanton
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Billet \Bil"let\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Billeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Billeting.] [From Billet a ticket.] (Mil.) To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge. Hence: To quarter, or place in lodgings, as soldiers in private houses. [1913 Webster]

Billeted in so antiquated a mansion. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]

Billet \Bil"let\, n. [F. billette, bille, log; of unknown origin; a different word from bille ball. Cf. Billiards, Billot.]

1.A small stick of wood, as for firewood. [1913 Webster]

They shall beat out my brains with billets.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.(Metal.) A short bar of metal, as of gold or iron. [1913 Webster]

3.(Arch.) An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood either square or round. [1913 Webster]

4.(Saddlery) (a) A strap which enters a buckle. (b) A loop which receives the end of a buckled strap. --Knight. [1913 Webster]

5.(Her.) A bearing in the form of an oblong rectangle. [1913 Webster]

Billet \Bil"let\, n. [F. billet, dim. of an OF. bille bill. See Bill a writing.]

1.A small paper; a note; a short letter. "I got your melancholy billet." --Sterne. [1913 Webster]

2.A ticket from a public officer directing soldiers at what house to lodge; as, a billet of residence. [1913 Webster]

3.Quarters or place to which one is assigned, as by a billet or ticket; berth; position. Also used fig. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

The men who cling to easy billets ashore.— Harper's Mag.[1913 Webster]
His shafts of satire fly straight to their billet, and there they rankle.— Pall Mall Mag.[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Billard \Bil"lard\, n. (Zool.) An English fish, allied to the cod; the coalfish. [Written also billet and billit.] [1913 Webster] Billbeetle
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