Billet

English Meaning

A small paper; a note; a short letter.

1. Lodging for troops.
2. A written order directing that such lodging be provided.
3. A position of employment; a job.
4. Archaic A short letter; a note.
5. To lodge (soldiers).
6. To serve (a person) with a written order to provide lodging for soldiers.
7. To assign lodging to.
8. To be quartered; lodge.
9. A short, thick piece of wood, especially one used as firewood.
10. One of a series of regularly spaced, log-shaped segments used horizontally as ornamentation in the moldings of Norman architecture.
11. A small, usually rectangular bar of iron or steel in an intermediate stage of manufacture.
12. A small ingot of nonferrous metal.
13. The part of a harness strap that passes through a buckle.
14. A loop or pocket for securing the end of a buckled harness strap.