[bil.let] n [ME bylet, fr. MF billette, dim. of bulle document, fr. ML bulla] (15c) 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 ~"
[2]billet vt (1594) 1: to assign lodging to (as soldiers) by or as if by a billet
2: to serve with a billet "~ a householder" [3]billet n [ME bylet, fr. MF billete, dim. of bille log, of Celt origin; akin to OIr bile landmark tree] (15c) 1 a: a chunky piece of wood (as for firewood) b obs: 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