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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

bil·let1 / ˈbilit/ • n. a place, usually a civilian's house or other nonmilitary facility, where soldiers are lodged temporarily. • v. (-let·ed , -let·ing ) [tr.] (often be billeted) lodge (soldiers) in a particular place, esp. a civilian's house or other nonmilitary facility. bil·let2 • n. a thick piece of wood. ∎  a small bar of metal for further processing. ∎  Archit. each of a series of short cylindrical pieces inserted at intervals in decorative hollow moldings.

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A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | | Copyright

billet. One of a series of short chamfered, cylindrical, prismatic, rectangular, segmental, or square projecting members in, or forming, a decorative continuous moulding, its axis parallel to the direction of the series, with sometimes two or more rows of this ornament placed one above the other, with the billets of one row alternating with those of the other. It is characteristic of Romanesque architecture. Cylindrical billets resemble short lengths of dowel.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

billet1 †short document XV; (f. the vb.) military order to provide board and lodging XVII; place of such lodging; situation, job XIX. — AN. billete or AL. billeta, dim. of billa BILL3; see -ET.
Hence billet vb. assign quarters to XVI.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

billet2 thick piece of wood. XV. — (O)F. billette, billot, dims. of bille tree-trunk, length of round timber — medL. billa, billus, prob. of Celtic orig. (cf. Ir. bile sacred tree, large tree); see -ET.
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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Copyright

billet n.
1. a shelter for troops.

2. a personnel position or assignment that may be filled by one person.
v. to quarter troops.
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A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | | Copyright

billet A piece of wood that has been cut for fuel.
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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | Copyright

billet A piece of wood that has been cut for fuel.
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

billet •mallet, palette, pallet, valet •tablet • pamphlet • aglet • anklet •candlelit • hamlet •Caplet, chaplet •lamplit • flatlet • mantlet •haslet, Hazlitt •scarlet, Scarlett, starlet, starlit, varlet •armlet • lancelet • branchlet •martlet, tartlet •plantlet • pellet • reglet • necklet •playlet • lakelet • bracelet •platelet, statelet •wavelet • leaflet • eaglet • streamlet •billet, filet, fillet, millet, skillet, willet •driblet, triblet •piglet • singlet • gimlet • inlet •kinglet, ringlet, springlet, winglet •ripplet, triplet •wristlet •eyelet, islet, stylet, twilit •pikelet •collet, Smollett, wallet •goblet • rodlet •omelette (US omelet) • droplet •torchlit •corselet, corselette •gauntlet (US gantlet) • owlet •townlet • toadlet • notelet • toilet •moonlit • sextuplet • fruitlet •bullet, pullet •booklet, brooklet, hooklet •quadruplet • annulet • septuplet •rivulet • quintuplet •gullet, mullet •doublet • floodlit •runlet, sunlit •couplet • cutlet • frontlet • violet •coverlet • circlet • verselet

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