Definizione monolingua

billet

billet (third-person singular simple present billets, present participle billeting or billetting, simple past and past participle billeted or billetted)

1. (of a householder etc) to lodge soldiers, usually by order
2. (of a soldier) to lodge, or be quartered, in a private house

billet (plural billets)

1. A short informal letter.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book VI, chapter xii

     However, when his cool reflections returned, he plainly perceived that his case was neither mended nor altered by Sophias billet […]

2. A written order to quarter soldiers.

Definizione dizionario billet

accantonare

acquartierarsi

alloggiamento

alloggiare

alloggio

Altri significati:

A short informal letter.

a short piece of wood, especially one used as firewood

(of a householder etc) to lodge soldiers, usually by order

metallurgy a semi-finished length of metal

(of a soldier) to lodge, or be quartered, in a private house

a place where a soldier is assigned to lodge

to lodge soldiers in a private house

(heraldry) A rectangle used as a charge on an escutcheon

A written order to quarter soldiers.