1. A few 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 another moldings; a reglet; also, the space between two flutings in a shaft.
6. An usual 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 less than a batten.
11. A fascia; a band of fibres; applied especially. To determined bands of white matter in the brain.
12. The loins of a horse, beginning at the seat 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 Vocabulary