Fillet
Definition of Fillet
Fil´let | n. | 1. | A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head. | | 2. | (Cooking) A piece of lean meat without bone; sometimes, a long strip rolled together and tied. | | 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. | (Mach.) A concave filling in of a reëntrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner. | | 5. | (Arch.) 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. | | 6. | (Her.) An ordinary equaling in breadth one fourth of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position. | | 7. | (Mech.) The thread of a screw. | | 8. | A border of broad or narrow lines of color or gilt. | | 9. | The raised molding about the muzzle of a gun. | | 10. | Any scantling smaller than a batten. | | 11. | (Anat.) A fascia; a band of fibers; applied esp. to certain bands of white matter in the brain. | | 12. | (Man.) The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests. | | v. t. | 1. | To bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet. |
Related Words
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Filigrain
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Film
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Filminess
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