Billet

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A small paper; a note; a short letter. "I got your melancholy billet." Sterne.

2. A ticket from a public officer directing soldiers at what house to lodge; as, a billet of residence.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A small stick of wood, as for firewood. They shall beat out my brains with billets. Shak.

2. A short bar of metal, as of gold or iron.

3. An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood either square or round.

4. A strap which enters a buckle.

5. A loop which receives the end of a buckled strap. Knight.

6. A bearing in the form of an oblong rectangle.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge. Hence: To quarter, or place in lodgings, as soldiers in private houses. Billeted in so antiquated a mansion. W. Irving.