verb
definition
(of a householder etc.) To lodge soldiers, or guests, usually by order.
definition
(of a soldier) To lodge, or be quartered, in a private house.
definition
To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge.
noun
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The lodging of soldiers.
Examples of billeting in a Sentence
On the other hand, each community is bound to perform certain services to the Imperial government, such as the contribution of men and horses for military service, the maintenance of the imperial post through its neighbourhood, and the occasional entertainment of Roman officials or billeting of soldiers.
Chief among these is the barracks, erected by the colony in 1758 to mitigate the evils of billeting, and occupied by British troops during the Seven Years' War, and at different times by British, Hessian and American troops during the War of Independence.
They are exempt from billeting and military service, but are not entitled (except in the Levant, where also freedom from arrest and trial is the rule) to have private chapels in their houses.