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Entry 13 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Fillet

/fĭl'ĭt/ · Fil·let · IPA /ˈfɪl.ɪt/
01 n. A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head.
  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. 2.
    A piece of lean meat without bone; sometimes, a long strip rolled together and tied.(Cooking)
  3. 3.
    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.
  4. 4.
    A concave filling in of a reëntrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner.(Mach.)
  5. 5.
    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.(Arch.) See: Base, Column
  6. 6.
    An ordinary equaling in breadth one fourth of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.(Her.)
  7. 7.
    The thread of a screw.(Mech.)
  8. 8.
    A border of broad or narrow lines of color or gilt.
  9. 9.
    The raised molding about the muzzle of a gun.
  10. 10.
    Any scantling smaller than a batten.
  11. 11.
    A fascia; a band of fibers; applied esp. to certain bands of white matter in the brain.(Anat.)
  12. 12.
    The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.(Man.)
Phrases & compounds
Arris fillet — See under Arris.
02 v. t. To bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet.
imp. & p. p. Filleted; p. pr. & vb. n. Filleting
  1. 1.
    To bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet.