billet

Meanings

1. A short informal letter.
2. A written order to quarter soldiers.
3. A sealed ticket for a draw or lottery.

1. A place where a soldier is assigned to lodge.
2. Temporary lodgings in a private residence, such as is organised for members of a visiting sports team.
3. An allocated space or berth in a boat or ship.
4. Berth; position.

1. To lodge soldiers, or guests, usually by order.
2. To lodge, or be quartered, in a private house.
3. To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge.

1. A semi-finished length of metal.
2. A short piece of wood, especially one used as firewood.
3. A short cutting of sugar cane produced by a harvester or used for planting.
4. A rectangle used as a charge on an escutcheon.
5. An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood, either square or round.
6. A strap that enters a buckle.
7. A loop that receives the end of a buckled strap.

1. Alternative form of billard (“coalfish”).

Etymology

From Middle English bylet, from Anglo-Norman billette (“list, schedule”), from bille + -ette, from Latin bulla (“document”).

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