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billeting

billeting

1 8.2
The official placing of soldiers in private homes to live
  • noun
  • /ˈbɪlɪtɪŋ/
  • Formal
translation icon : alojamiento
  • There should be no billeting of troops upon subjects without their consent.
  • billeting of troops

Examples

  • During the war, many families participated in the billeting of troops to support the military effort.

  • Captain, you will attend to the billeting of these men.

    The Alamo (1960)

  • Captain Pucher, my orderly will see to your billeting.

    Cross of Iron (1977)

  • I took my basic training there. I remember we were billeted in Quonset huts. This is a little Hut,

  • The army organized the billeting of soldiers to ensure they had a place to stay during the training exercises.

  • The local council coordinated the billeting of servicemen in nearby homes to ease the housing shortage.

Synonyms

quartering
vsbilleting
1 7.5

Places where people live or stay, often for soldiers

is the act of assigning soldiers to live in private homes by official order

Surface Forms

billeting singular
billetings plural

Morphology

billeting = billet (transparent) = billet + ing

A gerundial noun formed directly from the verb 'billet' + '-ing', meaning the action or process of assigning lodgings.

Etymology

Billeting comes from the French word billet, which meant a 'note' or small paper giving an order; soldiers were given a 'billet' saying where to stay, so billeting came to mean placing troops in private homes. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a billet as a little 'ticket' that assigns a place to sleep.