Definitions for the word "fillet" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A piece of lean meat without bone; sometimes, a long strip rolled together and tied.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A concave filling in of a reentrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A narrow flat member; especially, a flat molding separating other moldings; a reglet; also, the space between two flutings in a shaft. See Illust. of Base, and Column.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
An ordinary equaling in breadth one fourth of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
The thread of a screw.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
A border of broad or narrow lines of color or gilt.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
The raised molding about the muzzle of a gun.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
Any scantling smaller than a batten.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
A fascia; a band of fibers; applied esp. to certain bands of white matter in the brain.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. n.
The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. v. t.
To bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
14. n.
1 a boneless piece of meat or fish. B (in full fillet steak) undercut of a sirloin. 2 ribbon etc. Binding the hair. 3 thin narrow strip or ridge. 4 narrow flat band between mouldings. v. (-t-) 1 remove bones from (fish or meat) or divide into fillets. 2 bind or provide with fillet(s). [latin filum thread]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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