fillet

Definitions

• (now) A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration.
• A fine strip of any material, in various technical uses.
• (construction) A heavy bead of waterproofing compound or sealant material generally installed at the point where vertical and horizontal surfaces meet.
• (engineering) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an inside edge, added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
• A strip or compact piece of meat or fish from which any bones and skin and feathers have been removed.
• (architecture) A fine flat moulding/molding used as separation between coarser mouldings.
• (architecture) The space between two flutings in a shaft.
• (heraldiccharge) An ordinary equal in breadth to one quarter of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.
• The thread of a screw.
• A colored or gilded border.
• The raised moulding around the muzzle of a gun.
• (woodworking) Any scantling smaller than a batten.
• (anatomy) A fascia; a band of fibres; applied especially to certain bands of white matter in the brain.
• The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.