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▸ noun: A written order to quarter soldiers.
▸ noun: A sealed ticket for a draw or lottery.
▸ noun: A place where a soldier is assigned to lodge.
▸ noun: Temporary lodgings in a private residence, such as is organised for members of a visiting sports team.
▸ noun: An allocated space or berth in a boat or ship.
▸ noun: (figurative) Berth; position.
▸ verb: (transitive, of a householder etc.) To lodge soldiers, or guests, usually by order.
▸ verb: (intransitive, of a soldier) To lodge, or be quartered, in a private house.
▸ verb: (transitive) To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge.
▸ noun: (metallurgy) A semi-finished length of metal.
▸ noun: A short piece of wood, especially one used as firewood.
▸ noun: A short cutting of sugar cane produced by a harvester or used for planting.
▸ noun: (heraldry) A rectangle used as a charge on an escutcheon.
▸ noun: (architecture) An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood, either square or round.
▸ noun: (saddlery) A strap that enters a buckle.
▸ noun: A loop that receives the end of a buckled strap.
▸ noun: Alternative form of billard (“coalfish”) [(obsolete) A coalfish, especially a young one.]
Similar:
quarter,
canton,
note,
notelet,
billet-doux,
brief,
bill,
booklet,
leavelet,
billet reading,
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Types:
aluminum billet,
steel billet,
copper billet,
brass billet,
titanium billet,
nickel billet,
magnesium billet,
zinc billet,
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