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Definition of Fillet

1. Verb. Decorate with a lace of geometric designs.

2. Noun. A boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef.

3. Verb. Cut into filets. "Filet the fish"

4. Noun. A longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish.

5. Noun. A bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus.

6. Noun. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband.

7. Noun. Fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members.

Definition of Fillet

1. n. A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head.

2. v. t. To bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet.

Definition of Fillet

1. Noun. (rare) A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or just for decoration. ¹

2. Noun. A thin strip of any material, in various technical uses. ¹

3. Noun. (construction) A heavy bead of waterproofing compound or sealant material generally installed at the point where vertical and horizontal surfaces meet. ¹

4. Noun. (context: engineering drafting CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an inside edge, added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges. ¹

5. Noun. A strip or compact piece of meat or fish from which any bones and skin and feathers have been removed. ¹

6. Noun. (architecture) A thin flat moulding/molding used as separation between larger mouldings. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) To slice, bone or make into fillets. ¹

8. Verb. (transitive) To apply, create, or specify a rounded or filled corner to. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fillet

1. to cut boneless slices from [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Fillet

1. 1. A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head. "A belt her waist, a fillet binds her hair." (Pope) 2. 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; especially., A strip of metal from which coins are punched. A strip of card clothing. A thin projecting band or strip. 4. A concave filling in of a reentrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner. 5. A narrow flat member; especially, a flat molding separating other moldings; a reglet; also, the space between two flutings in a shaft. 6. An ordinary equaling in breadth one fourth of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position. 7. The thread of a screw. 8. A border of broad or narrow lines of colour or gilt. 9. The raised molding about the muzzle of a gun. 10. Any scantling smaller than a batten. 11. A fascia; a band of fibres; applied especially. To certain bands of white matter in the brain. 12. The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests. Arris fillet. See Arris. Origin: OE. Filet, felet, fr. OF. Filet thread, fillet of meat, dim. Of fil a thread, fr. L. Filum. See Fille a row. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fillet

fillagreeing fillagrees fille fille de chambre filled filled in filled out filled pause filled pauses filled the bill

filler filler graft fillers filles fillest fillet (current term) fillet layer fillet of sole filletable filleted

filleter filleters filleth filleting filletings fillets fillibeg fillibegs fillibuster fillibusters

Literary usage of Fillet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Colonial Furniture in America by Luke Vincent Lockwood (1921)
"The mouldings are a fillet, cyma reversa, wide fillet or corona, a soffit, narrow fillet, ... The mouldings consist of a fillet, cyma recta, fillet, ..."

2. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Edward Albert Sharpey-Schäfer, George Dancer Thane, Johnson Symington (1893)
"Tract of the fillet.—The fillet, which, in sections across the upper part of the pons, ... The fillet is covered externally by a thin layer of grey matter ..."

3. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"COVERING WITH fillet 36. fillet Winding Frame.—The rolls of the card that are not covered with sheet clothing, metallic wire, or rings are covered with ..."

4. The Practice of Obstetrics: Designed for the Use of Students and by James Clifton Edgar (1916)
"Sling to both groins: Unless too great difficulty is encountered it is preferable to pass a soft fillet over both groins, as by so doing the force of ..."

5. The Boston Cooking-school Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1896)
"Larded fillet of Beef. The tenderloin of beef which lies under the loin and ... The fillet under the loin is known as the long fillet, and when removed no ..."

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