Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - billet
Billet
billet
1. n. & v. --n. 1 a a place where troops etc. are lodged, usu. with civilians. b a written order requiring a householder to lodge the bearer, usu. a soldier. 2 colloq. a situation; a job. --v.tr. (billeted, billeting) 1 (usu. foll. by on, in, at) quarter (soldiers etc.). 2 (of a householder) provide (a soldier etc.) with board and lodging. Derivatives billetee n. billeter n. Etymology: ME f. AF billette, AL billetta, dimin. of billa BILL(1) 2. n. 1 a thick piece of firewood. 2 a small metal bar. 3 Archit. each of a series of short rolls inserted at intervals in Norman decorative mouldings. Etymology: ME f. F billette small log, ult. prob. of Celtic orig.
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English bylet, from Anglo-French ~te, diminutive of bille bill Date: 15th century a brief letter ; note, 2. an official order directing that a member of a military force be provided with board and lodging (as in a private home), quarters assigned by or as if by a ~, position, job , II. transitive verb Date: 1594 to assign lodging to (as soldiers) by or as if by a ~, to serve with a ~ , III. noun Etymology: Middle English bylet, from Anglo-French ~e, diminutive of bille log, of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish bile landmark tree Date: 15th century 1. a chunky piece of wood (as for firewood), cudgel, 2. a bar of metal, a piece of semifinished iron or steel nearly square in section made by rolling an ingot or bloom, a section of nonferrous metal ingot hot-worked by forging, rolling, or extrusion, a nonferrous casting suitable for rolling or extrusion ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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