Billet

Definition:

  • (n.) A small paper; a note; a short letter.
  • (n.) A ticket from a public officer directing soldiers at what house to lodge; as, a billet of residence.
  • (v. t.) To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge. Hence: To quarter, or place in lodgings, as soldiers in private houses.
  • (n.) A small stick of wood, as for firewood.
  • (n.) A short bar of metal, as of gold or iron.
  • (n.) An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood either square or round.
  • (n.) A strap which enters a buckle.
  • (n.) A loop which receives the end of a buckled strap.
  • (n.) A bearing in the form of an oblong rectangle.

Compare billet with other words:

billet vs. tillet

billed vs. billet

billet vs. billot

billet vs. rillet

billet vs. millet

billet vs. willet

ballet vs. billet

billet vs. oillet

billet vs. bullet

billet vs. larget

billard vs. billet

billet vs. ingot

billet vs. content

billet vs. bloom

billet vs. notelet

billet vs. scrutiny

billet vs. extrusion

billet vs. loop

billet vs. buckle

billet vs. norman

billet vs. strap

billet vs. ornament

billet vs. charge

billet vs. escutcheon

billet vs. firewood

billet vs. rectangle

billet vs. wood

billet vs. metallurgy

billet vs. lodge

billet vs. quartered

billet vs. soldier

billet vs. quarter

billet vs. order

billet vs. written

billet vs. informal

billet vs. letter

billet vs. note