billets

Soldiers' assigned housing

Billets are lodgings assigned to soldiers, typically in private homes or civilian buildings rather than barracks: The troops were given billets in the village.

To billet soldiers is to quarter them in such accommodations.

A billet is also a thick piece of metal, usually a bar or slab of steel or iron prepared for further processing: steel billets ready for rolling.

In carpentry, a billet is a short, thick piece of wood, especially for firewood.

lodging

quarters

Assigned living accommodations

barracksSoldiers' residential building
accommodationShelter or housing provided
housingDwellings or protective covering

cantonment · garrison · dormitory · bunkhouse · berth · shelter · encampment · mess · posting · station

metal

ingot

Cast metal block

barDrinking establishment
slabThick flat piece
bloomFlower or flourishing state

foundry · casting · forging · steel · iron · semifinished · rolling · mill · furnace · smelting

timber

log

Sectioned tree trunk

firewoodCut logs for burning
woodpileStored cut logs
kindlingMaterial for starting fires

cordwood · split · chopping · stove · fuel · chunk · round · seasoned · hardwood · heating

heraldry

charge

Cost or accusation

shieldHandheld defensive armor
escutcheonShield bearing heraldry
horizontalParallel to the horizon

rectangle · fess · ordinary · blazon · armorial · bearing · device · emblem · band · stripe

billets

quarters

ingot

log

charge

billets

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