I. ˈbi-lət noun
Etymology: Middle English bylet, from Anglo-French billette, diminutive of bille bill
Date: 15th century
1. archaic : a brief letter : note
2.
a. : an official order directing that a member of a military force be provided with board and lodging (as in a private home)
b. : quarters assigned by or as if by a billet
3. : position , job
a lucrative billet
II. transitive verb
Date: 1594
1. : to assign lodging to (as soldiers) by or as if by a billet
2. : to serve with a billet
billet a householder
III. noun
Etymology: Middle English bylet, from Anglo-French billete, diminutive of bille log, of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish bile landmark tree
Date: 15th century
1.
a. : a chunky piece of wood (as for firewood)
b. obsolete : cudgel
2.
a. : a bar of metal
b. : a piece of semifinished iron or steel nearly square in section made by rolling an ingot or bloom
c. : a section of nonferrous metal ingot hot-worked by forging, rolling, or extrusion
d. : a nonferrous casting suitable for rolling or extrusion