Fillet
Fillet , noun
[Old English filet, felet, from Old French filet thread, fillet of meat, dim. of fil a thread, from Latin filum. See Fille a row.]
1.
A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head.
A belt her waist, a fillet binds her hair.
2.
(Cooking) A piece of lean meat without bone; sometimes, a long strip rolled together and tied.
A fillet of beef is the under side of the sirlom; also called tenderloin. A fillet of veal or mutton is the fleshy part of the thigh. A fillet of fish is a slice of flat fish without bone. “Fillet of a fenny snake.”
3.
A thin strip or ribbon; esp.: (a) A strip of metal from which coins are punched. (b) A strip of card clothing. (c) A thin projecting band or strip.
4.
(Machinery) A concave filling in of a reentrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner.
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(Heraldry) An ordinary equaling in breadth one fourth of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.
7.
(Mechanics) The thread of a screw.
8.
A border of broad or narrow lines of color or gilt.
9.
The raised molding about the muzzle of a gun.
10.
Any scantling smaller than a batten.
11.
(Anatomy) A fascia; a band of fibers; applied esp. to certain bands of white matter in the brain.
12.
(Man.) The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.
Collocations (1)
Arris fillet , See under Arris.
Fillet , transitive verb
To bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet.