Middle English Dictionary Entry
billet n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | billet n.(2) |
| Etymology | OF billet(t)e |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A piece of wood cut and split for fuel; billet, chunk; coll. firewood.
Associated quotations
- (1437) Proc.Privy C.5.70 : An officer of þe halle to purveie iijc ml billet by commission.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)36 : Bylet, schyde: Tedula.
- (1465) Acc.Howard in RC 57482 : Item, payd fore a cartfulle belet at Eltam, xx d.
- a1500 Med.Tallies in Archaeol.74351 : For xx lodes billettes and xvj lodes tallwood.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1439) Will in Anc.10 ()17 : Hire an hors and ley ther in xiij quartres of coles and a ml. of bilet.
Note: New spelling