Billet

1. A small paper; a note; a short letter.
2. A ticket from a public officer directing soldiers at what house to lodge; as, a billet of residence.
3. Quarters or place to which one is assigned, as by a billet or ticket; berth; position. Also used fig. [Colloq.]

   The men who cling to easy billets ashore.

   His shafts of satire fly straight to their billet, and there they rankle.

imp. & p. p. Billeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Billeting

1. To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge. Hence: To quarter, or place in lodgings, as soldiers in private houses. (Mil.)

   Billeted in so antiquated a mansion.

1. A small stick of wood, as for firewood.

   They shall beat out my brains with billets.

2. A short bar of metal, as of gold or iron. (Metal.)
3. An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood either square or round. (Arch.)
4. A strap which enters a buckle. (Saddlery)
5. A bearing in the form of an oblong rectangle. (Her.)