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Grammar : Noun
Spell : fil-it; usually fi-ley for 1, 10
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪl ɪt; usually fɪˈleɪ for 1, 10

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Définition of fillet

Origin :
  • early 14c., "headband," from Old French filet (12c.) "thread, filament; strip, ligament," diminutive of fil "thread" (see file (v.)). Sense of "cut of meat or fish" is from late 14c., apparently so called because it was prepared by being tied up with a string. As a verb, from c.1600, "to bind with a narrow band;" meaning "to cut in fillets" is from 1846. Related: Filleted; filleting.
  • noun fastener
Example sentences :
  • If the leafwork on the helm were tossed up backward, it would hide the fillet.
  • Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
  • We'll have peas with the fillet, and potato balls and Brussels sprouts.
  • Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
  • Fillet a sole and interlard each piece with a bit of anchovy.
  • Extract from : « The Cook's Decameron: A Study in Taste: » by Mrs. W. G. Waters
  • I would at any time prefer a slice off the fillet of a buffalo to any pheasant.
  • Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
  • He remained all day on the sea-shore, his head only held on to his body by a fillet.
  • Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet
  • Thin and fillet a pair of soles, each weighing about a pound.
  • Extract from : « Nelson's Home Comforts » by Mary Hooper
  • The hair was blonde, and bound by a fillet (infula) woven of gold.
  • Extract from : « Pagan and Christian Rome » by Rodolfo Lanciani
  • The woman was in white fur with a fillet of seaweed round her head.
  • Extract from : « Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels » by Stephen Leacock
  • A snood or fillet of blue ribbon confined her luxuriant hair.
  • Extract from : « Dulcibel » by Henry Peterson
  • The head is erect, and the forehead encircled by a fillet, much carved.
  • Extract from : « The Western World » by W.H.G. Kingston
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