[bil-ee] 
| 1. | Also called billy club. a police officer's club or baton. |
| 2. | a heavy wooden stick used as a weapon; cudgel. |
| 3. | Scot. Dialect. comrade. |
| 4. | Also called bil⋅ly⋅can [bil-ee-kan] . Australian. any container in which water may be carried and boiled over a campfire, ranging from a makeshift tin can to a special earthenware kettle; any pot or kettle in which tea is boiled over a campfire. |
| 5. | Textiles. (in Great Britain) a roving machine. |
| billy club n. A short stick or club, especially a police officer's club. [Perhaps alteration of *bully club; see bully1 or from billet2.] |