fillets

Noun

fillet (plural fillets)

1. (archaic) A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration.
   • In secret shadow, farre from all mens sight:
     From her faire head her fillet she undight,
     And laid her stole aside.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
2. A thin strip of any material, in various technical uses.
3. A heavy bead of waterproofing compound or sealant material generally installed at the point where vertical and horizontal surfaces meet.
4. A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an inside edge, added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
5. A strip or compact piece of meat or fish from which any bones and skin and feathers have been removed.
   • Fillet of a Fenny Snake, / In the Cauldron boyle and bake:c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
6. (UK) A premium cut of meat, especially beef, taken from below the lower back of the animal, considered to be lean and tender; also called tenderloin.
   • fillet steak

   Synonyms:

   filet

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