Definition of Fillet

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Fillet

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

A piece of lean meat without bone; sometimes, a long strip rolled together and tied.

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.

A concave filling in of a reentrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner.

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.

An ordinary equaling in breadth one fourth of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.

The thread of a screw.

A border of broad or narrow lines of color or gilt.

The raised molding about the muzzle of a gun.

Any scantling smaller than a batten.

A fascia; a band of fibers; applied esp. to certain bands of white matter in the brain.

The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.

To bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet.

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Fillet Translations

fillet in Latin is infula

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