fillet

1. n. A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head. Source: opted

2. n. A piece of lean meat without bone; sometimes, a long strip rolled together and tied. Source: opted

3. n. 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. Source: opted

4. n. A concave filling in of a reentrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner. Source: opted

5. n. 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. Source: opted

6. n. An ordinary equaling in breadth one fourth of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position. Source: opted

7. n. The thread of a screw. Source: opted

8. n. A border of broad or narrow lines of color or gilt. Source: opted

9. n. The raised molding about the muzzle of a gun. Source: opted

10. n. Any scantling smaller than a batten. Source: opted

11. n. A fascia; a band of fibers; applied esp. to certain bands of white matter in the brain. Source: opted

12. n. The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests. Source: opted

13. v. t. To bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet. Source: opted

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