BILLET

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