billet
/ˈbɪlɪt/ nom C2En français : billette, bûche
- A semi-finished length of metal.
- A short piece of wood, especially one used as firewood.
- A short cutting of sugar cane produced by a harvester or used for planting.
- A rectangle used as a charge on an escutcheon.
- An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood, either square or round.
- A strap that enters a buckle.
- A loop that receives the end of a buckled strap.
Pluriel billets
Dans la bibliothèque
Evidently, as they had dragged the stone up they had thrust the chunks of wood into the chink, until at last, when the opening was large enough to crawl through, they would hold it open by a billet placed lengthwise, which might very well become indented at the lower end, since the whole weight of the stone would press it down on to the edge of this other slab.
There you must stay, or you lose your billet.’
Still, of course, I never dared to leave the room for an instant, for I was not sure when he might come, and the billet was such a good one, and suited me so well, that I would not risk the loss of it.
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