Billet
Billet ({not transcribed}) , noun
[French billet, dim. of an Old French bille bill. See Bill a writing.]
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. [Colloquial]
The men who cling to easy billets ashore.
His shafts of satire fly straight to their billet, and there they rankle.
Billet , transitive verb
[From Billet a ticket.]
(Military) 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.
Billet , noun
[French billette, bille, log; of unknown origin; a different word from bille ball. Compare Billiards, Billot.]
1.
A small stick of wood, as for firewood.
They shall beat out my brains with billets.
2.
(Metallurgy) A short bar of metal, as of gold or iron.
3.
(Architecture) An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood either square or round.
4.
(a) (Saddlery) A strap which enters a buckle.
(b)
(Saddlery) A loop which receives the end of a buckled strap. — Knight
5.
(Heraldry) A bearing in the form of an oblong rectangle.