What is a billet box?

[Mr Ripple]

• Following on from the - what is a C frame mod?

What is a billet box?
Is it a box mod etched out of a billet?

 

[oldhippydude]

I always assumed it was.

 

[Crewella]

• Following on from the - what is a C frame mod?

What is a billet box?
Is it a box mod etched out of a billet?

If you tell me what a billet is I might try to give that a go!

 

[oldhippydude]

If you tell me what a billet is I might try to give that a go!

BILLET

Billet is a form of material and doesn’t necessarily indicate the manufacturing process (or quality) of the final product. Billet metal is a solid length (often in a square or circle profile) of material that has been extruded into shape, either by continuous casting or hot rolling. Billet material is often used in cnc

 

[Crewella]

BILLET

Billet is a form of material and doesn’t necessarily indicate the manufacturing process (or quality) of the final product. Billet metal is a solid length (often in a square or circle profile) of material that has been extruded into shape, either by continuous casting or hot rolling. Billet material is often used in cnc

Makes more sense than this!

 

[zouzounaki]

bil·let 1
(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
(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.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
billet
(ˈbɪlɪt)
n
1. (Military) accommodation, esp for a soldier, in civilian lodgings
2. (Military) the official requisition for such lodgings
3. (Nautical Terms) a space or berth allocated, esp for slinging a hammock, in a ship
4. informal a job
5. archaic a brief letter or document
vb, -lets, -leting or -leted
6. (Military) (tr) to assign a lodging to (a soldier)
7. (tr) informal to assign to a post or job
8. to lodge or be lodged
[C15: from Old French billette, from bulle a document; see bull3]
ˌbilletˈee n
ˈbilleter n
billet
(ˈbɪlɪt)
n
1. a chunk of wood, esp for fuel
2. (Metallurgy) metallurgy
a. a metal bar of square or circular cross section
b. an ingot cast into the shape of a prism
3. (Architecture) architect a carved ornament in a moulding, with short cylinders or blocks evenly spaced
[C15: from Old French billette a little log, from bille log, probably of Celtic origin]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
bil•let1
(ˈbɪl ɪt)

n.
1. lodging for a soldier, student, etc., as in a private home or nonmilitary public building.
2. an official order directing the addressee to provide such lodging.
3. a bunk, berth, or the like, assigned to a member of a ship's crew.
4. job; position; appointment.
5. Archaic. a short letter; note.
v.t.
6. to direct (a soldier) by ticket, note, or verbal order, where to lodge.
7. to provide lodging for; quarter.
v.i.
8. to be quartered; stay.
[1375–1425; late Middle English bylet, billett official register < Anglo-French billette, Old French bullette]
bil•let2
(ˈbɪl ɪt)

n.
1. a small chunk of wood, esp. a short section of a log cut for fuel.
2. a narrow steel bar, esp. one rolled or forged from an ingot.
3. one of a series of closely spaced cylinders, often in several rows, forming a molding or cornice.
[1400–50; late Middle English bylet, bel(l) et < Anglo-French, Middle French billette=bille log, tree trunk (< Gaulish *bilia tree trunk; compare Old Irish bile landmark tree) + -ette -ette]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
billet
- A civilian house where soldiers are lodged temporarily; a billet is also a thick piece of wood, from Latin billa/billus, "branch, trunk."
See also related terms for trunk.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
billet
1. Shelter for troops.
2. To quarter troops.
3. A personnel position or assignment that may be filled by one person.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
billet

Past participle: billeted
Gerund: billeting

 

[Crewella]

bil·let 1
(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
(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.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
billet
(ˈbɪlɪt)
n
1. (Military) accommodation, esp for a soldier, in civilian lodgings
2. (Military) the official requisition for such lodgings
3. (Nautical Terms) a space or berth allocated, esp for slinging a hammock, in a ship
4. informal a job
5. archaic a brief letter or document
vb, -lets, -leting or -leted
6. (Military) (tr) to assign a lodging to (a soldier)
7. (tr) informal to assign to a post or job
8. to lodge or be lodged
[C15: from Old French billette, from bulle a document; see bull3]
ˌbilletˈee n
ˈbilleter n
billet
(ˈbɪlɪt)
n
1. a chunk of wood, esp for fuel
2. (Metallurgy) metallurgy
a. a metal bar of square or circular cross section
b. an ingot cast into the shape of a prism
3. (Architecture) architect a carved ornament in a moulding, with short cylinders or blocks evenly spaced
[C15: from Old French billette a little log, from bille log, probably of Celtic origin]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
bil•let1
(ˈbɪl ɪt)

n.
1. lodging for a soldier, student, etc., as in a private home or nonmilitary public building.
2. an official order directing the addressee to provide such lodging.
3. a bunk, berth, or the like, assigned to a member of a ship's crew.
4. job; position; appointment.
5. Archaic. a short letter; note.
v.t.
6. to direct (a soldier) by ticket, note, or verbal order, where to lodge.
7. to provide lodging for; quarter.
v.i.
8. to be quartered; stay.
[1375–1425; late Middle English bylet, billett official register < Anglo-French billette, Old French bullette]
bil•let2
(ˈbɪl ɪt)

n.
1. a small chunk of wood, esp. a short section of a log cut for fuel.
2. a narrow steel bar, esp. one rolled or forged from an ingot.
3. one of a series of closely spaced cylinders, often in several rows, forming a molding or cornice.
[1400–50; late Middle English bylet, bel(l) et < Anglo-French, Middle French billette=bille log, tree trunk (< Gaulish *bilia tree trunk; compare Old Irish bile landmark tree) + -ette -ette]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
billet
- A civilian house where soldiers are lodged temporarily; a billet is also a thick piece of wood, from Latin billa/billus, "branch, trunk."
See also related terms for trunk.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
billet
1. Shelter for troops.
2. To quarter troops.
3. A personnel position or assignment that may be filled by one person.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
billet

Past participle: billeted
Gerund: billeting

... and there's always this .............

 

[Rickster]

The haggis live in a billet box in the summer months, feasting on unicorn poo and drinking midge blood

 

[JohnNada]

@Rickster Shhh, dinnae be tellin the English oor secrets

 

[Rickster]

@Rickster Shhh, dinnae be tellin the English oor secrets

I didnae tell em they shag fairies at dawn