fil|let «FIHL iht; n. 6, v. 2, usually fih LAY, FIHL ay», noun, verb.
–n.
1. a narrow band, ribbon, or the like, worn around the head to hold the hair in place, often as an ornament: »
a belt her waist, a fillet binds her hair (Alexander Pope).
2. a narrow band or strip of metal or other material: »
The blanks for silver coins are punched out of a fillet of silver.
3. any kind of strip used for binding anything.
4. Bookbinding. a) a decorative line impressed upon the cover of a book. b) a rolling tool used to make such lines.
5. Architecture. a) a narrow, flat band or strip of any material, especially a plane molding often used between curved moldings. b) one of the flat vertical strips between flutes on the shaft of a column.
6. a) a thin slice of fish or meat without bones or fat; filet. b) a heavy slice of lean beef, mutton, or other meat, cooked especially by broiling. c) a long, flat piece of lean meat rolled up and tied, cooked especially by roasting.
7. Anatomy. a band of fibers, especially a white nerve tract in the brain; lemniscus.
8. a raised rim or edge, especially around the muzzle of a gun.
9. Heraldry. a horizontal portion of an escutcheon, equal to one fourth of the chief, of which it is the lowest part.
–v.t.
1. to bind or decorate with a narrow band, ribbon, strip, or molding.
2. a) to cut (fish or meat) into fillets. When a fish is filleted, the flesh is cut away from the skeleton. b) to slice fillets off of (a meat carcass, or part of one).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.