n. A little band to tie about the hair of the head.n. A bill or paper kept on a file; a bill of fare.n. In architecture: A small molding having the appearance of a narrow flat band; an annulet; a list; a listel. It often projects, and is then rectangular in section. It is generally used to separate ornaments and moldings.n. The ridge between the flutes of a column; a facet.n. In heraldry: A bearing consisting of a barrulet occupying a position corresponding to the lower edge of the chief.n. A bearing consisting of a quarter of the bordure.n. Same as baston: in this sense usually called fillet of bastardy. Also combel.n. In technology: In carpentry: A strip nailed to a wall or partition to support a shelf, or a strip for a door to close against. A strip set into an angle between two boards.n. In gilding, a band of gold-leaf on a picture-frame or elsewhere.n. In coining, a strip of metal rolled to a certain size.n. The thread of a screw.n. A ring on the muzzle of a gun, etc.n. In a dairy, a perforated curb by which cheese-curds are confined.n. In bookbinding, a wheel-shaped tool on the edge of which is engraved a line or decoration, which is impressed on the backs or covers of books.n. In telegraphy, a paper ribbon upon which telegrams are recorded.n. In printing, a rule with broad or broad and narrow lines, principally used as a border.n. In weaving, a strip of card-clothing.n. A muscle, or a piece of meat composed of muscle; especially, the fleshy part of the thigh. The fillet of beef is the tenderloin; the fillet of veal, a thick piece cut from the leg; the fillet of chicken, the breast.n. In the manège, the loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.n. In cooking: A piece of beef, veal, or chicken, etc., boned and rolled, generally larded, tied round to keep it in shape, roasted or baked, and served with various sauces.n. A thick slice of fish.n. In anatomy, some special bundle of nerve-fibers; specifically, a band of longitudinal fibers lying in the ventral and outer parts of the tegmental region of the brain.n. In entomology: A narrow transverse colored band or mark, or an encircling band.n. The space between the eyes and the base of the mandibles or cheliceræ, as of a spider.To bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet or little band.n. The rounded corner of a groove in a roll, or of a pattern for molding, etc.n. A loop-shaped instrument or bandage by means of which, when passed over a projecting part of the fetus, traction is made in cases of tedious or obstructed labor.In cooking: To form into or dress as a fillet, as a piece of beef.To cut fillets from, as from a chicken or a fish.