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What does billet mean?

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Noun
Noun
  1. A place where a soldier is assigned to lodge.
  2. An allocated space or berth in a boat or ship.
  3. (figuratively) Berth; position.
Verb
  1. (transitive, of a householder etc.) To lodge soldiers, or guests, usually by order.
  2. (intransitive, of a soldier) To lodge, or be quartered, in a private house.
  3. (transitive) To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge.
Noun
  1. (metallurgy) A semi-finished length of metal.
  2. A short piece of wood, especially one used as firewood.
  3. (heraldry) A rectangle used as a charge on an escutcheon.
  4. (architecture) An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood, either square or round.
  5. (saddlery) A strap that enters a buckle.
  6. A loop that receives the end of a buckled strap.
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