billet
bil·let
I
 /ˈbılət/  noun  ,  pl   -lets [  count  ]
  : a private home where a soldier lives temporarily with the people who live there
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II
  verb  , -lets, -let·ed, -let·ing [  + obj  ]
  : to put (someone, such as a soldier) in a private home to live there temporarily
  — usually used as (be) billeted
   The soldiers were billeted [=quartered, housed] in houses throughout the town.