filleting

[ fil-i-ting ]

/ ˈfɪl ɪ tɪŋ /

noun Building Trades.

material, as mortar, used as a substitute for flashing.

Origin of filleting

First recorded in 1590–1600; fillet + -ing¹

Words nearby filleting

filler, filler cap, filler metal, fillet, fillet weld, filleting, filling, filling defect, filling station, fillip, fillipeen

Definition for filleting (2 of 2)

fillet

[ fil-it; usually fi-ley for 1, 10 ]

/ ˈfɪl ɪt; usually fɪˈleɪ for 1, 10 /

noun

Cookery.

a boneless cut or slice of meat or fish, especially the beef tenderloin.
a piece of veal or other meat boned, rolled, and tied for roasting.

a narrow band of ribbon or the like worn around the head, usually as an ornament; headband.

any narrow strip, as wood or metal.

a strip of any material used for binding.

Bookbinding.

a decorative line impressed on a book cover, usually at the top and bottom of the back.
a rolling tool for impressing such lines.

Architecture.

Also called list. a narrow flat molding or area, raised or sunk between larger moldings or areas.
a narrow portion of the surface of a column left between adjoining flutes.

Anatomy. lemniscus.

a raised rim or ridge, as a ring on the muzzle of a gun.

Metallurgy. a concave strip forming a rounded interior angle in a foundry pattern.

verb (used with object)

Cookery.

to cut or prepare (meat or fish) as a fillet.
to cut fillets from.

to bind or adorn with or as if with a fillet.

Machinery. to round off (an interior angle) with a fillet.

Also filet (for defs 1, 10).

Origin of fillet

1300–50; Middle English filet < Anglo-French, Middle French, equivalent to fil thread + -et -et

Example sentences from the Web for filleting

While I was filleting barramundi and julienning carrots, I saved like a man with a plan.

A Young Chef Travels to Calabria, Italy, and Learns the Old Ways of Cooking |Curtis Stone |November 28, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Prepare fillets of whitefish according to the directions for filleting fish in Art. 28.

Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 |Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
The ribs c of the arms are then added, and the body is completed (ready to receive the teeth), by filleting in the corners.

Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II |Joshua Rose
Tooling with dies is essentially different from filleting in the method of execution.

Practical Bookbinding |Paul Adam

Simple gold lines along the back and corners of the cover are excepted; such work is known as "filleting."

Practical Bookbinding |Paul Adam
A cheap and excellent dish is made by filleting the tail of cod, egging and crumbing the pieces and frying them.

Nelson's Home Comforts |Mary Hooper

British Dictionary definitions for filleting

fillet

/ (ˈfɪlɪt) /

noun

Also called: fillet steak a strip of boneless meat, esp the undercut of a sirloin of beef
the boned side of a fish
the white meat of breast and wing of a chicken

a narrow strip of any material

a thin strip of ribbon, lace, etc, worn in the hair or around the neck

a narrow flat moulding, esp one between other mouldings

a narrow band between two adjacent flutings on the shaft of a column

Also called: fillet weld a narrow strip of welded metal of approximately triangular cross-section used to join steel members at right angles

heraldry a horizontal division of a shield, one quarter of the depth of the chief

Also called: listel, list the top member of a cornice

anatomy a band of sensory nerve fibres in the brain connected to the thalamus Technical name: lemniscus

a narrow decorative line, impressed on the cover of a book
a wheel tool used to impress such lines

another name for fairing 1

verb -lets, -leting or -leted (tr)

to cut or prepare (meat or fish) as a fillet

to cut fillets from (meat or fish)

anatomy to surgically remove a bone from (part of the body) so that only soft tissue remains

to bind or decorate with or as if with a fillet

Also (for senses 1–3): filet

Word Origin for fillet

C14: from Old French filet, from fil thread, from Latin fīlum

Medical definitions for filleting

fillet

[ fĭl′ĭt ]

n.

A loop of cord or tape used for making traction on a part of the fetus.

A loop-shaped band of fibers, especially the lemniscus.

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filleting

noun Building Trades.

Origin of filleting

Words nearby filleting

Definition for filleting (2 of 2)

noun

verb (used with object)

Origin of fillet

Example sentences from the Web for filleting

British Dictionary definitions for filleting

noun

verb -lets, -leting or -leted (tr)

Word Origin for fillet

Medical definitions for filleting

n.