filleted Definition

fillet
noun

1a. A piece of meat without bone, taken as an undercut of the sirloin, or the fleshy part of the thigh;

Example: pork fillet
1b. The most highly valued cut of beef, cut from the lowest part of the loin;

Form: fillet steak (in full)
1c. The flesh of a fish without its bone.

Example: salmon fillet
2. A thin narrow strip of wood, metal or other material.
3. A ribbon, band, strip of lace, etc worn in the hair or round the neck.
4. archit.
A narrow flat band, often between mouldings.

verb filleted, filleting

1a. To cut fillets from (meat or fish);
1b. To remove the bones from (a fish);
1c. To prepare (meat) as fillets, often by beating or rolling it.
2. To decorate with or as if with a fillet.

Etymology: 14c: from Latin filum thread.