billeting


bil·let 1

B0249400 (bĭl′ĭt)n.1. a. Lodging for troops.b. A written order directing that such lodging be provided.2. A position of employment; a job.3. Archaic A short letter; a note.v. bil·let·ed, bil·let·ing, bil·lets v.tr.1. a. To lodge (soldiers).b. To serve (a person) with a written order to provide lodging for soldiers.2. To assign lodging to.v.intr. To be quartered; lodge.
[Middle English, official register, from Old French billette, from bullette, diminutive of bulle, document, from Medieval Latin bulla, document, seal; see bill1.]

bil·let 2

B0249400 (bĭl′ĭt)n.1. A short, thick piece of wood, especially one used as firewood.2. One of a series of regularly spaced, log-shaped segments used as an ornamental motif on moldings in Norman architecture.3. a. A small, usually rectangular bar of iron or steel in an intermediate stage of manufacture.b. A small ingot of nonferrous metal.4. a. The part of a harness strap that passes through a buckle.b. A loop or pocket for securing the end of a buckled harness strap.
[Middle English, from Old French billette, diminutive of bille, log, from Vulgar Latin *bilia, possibly of Celtic origin.]

billeting

(ˈbɪlɪtɪŋ) n (Military) military the activity of assigning soldiers or others to accommodation that is not normally used by them
Translations
accantonamentoacquartieramento