Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Billet \Bil"let\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Billeted}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Billeting}.] [From {Billet} a ticket.] (Mil.)
   To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge. Hence: To
   quarter, or place in lodgings, as soldiers in private houses.

         Billeted in so antiquated a mansion.     --W. Irving.