Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The material of which fillets are made.
- noun Fillets collectively.
- noun A kind of heavy tape. Also called
stay-tape or stay-binding. - noun Mortar or plaster used to fill up a close joint where one surface meets another.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Arch.) The protecting of a joint, as between roof and parapet wall, with mortar, or cement, where
flashing is employed in better work. - noun The material of which fillets are made; also, fillets, collectively.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
fillet . - noun architecture The
protecting of ajoint , as betweenroof andparapet wall , withmortar orcement , whereflashing is employed in better work. - noun The
material of whichfillets are made. - noun
Fillets collectively.
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Examples
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_ The process of boning is known as filleting and is generally done by the fish dealer, but when this is not the case the single rule for boning must be strictly adhered to in order to keep the knife on the bone lifting the flesh with the left hand while the knife slips in between the bone and the flesh.
The Story of Crisco Marion Harris Neil
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He testified that Karley clamped down on his right thumb, "filleting" it so the top and bottom portions separated.
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If you had to choose a folding blade or fixed blade to do the job of both skinning and filleting, which style would you pick?
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If you had to choose a folding blade or fixed blade to do the job of both skinning and filleting, which style would you pick?
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If you had to choose a folding blade or fixed blade to do the job of both skinning and filleting, which style would you pick?
uGo Flamedisk 2009
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In his other hand, he reached in his robe and found the haft of a filleting knife.
G'lder Curtis Hox 2011
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Wake me up when they put the fish filleting app on the gadget.
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If you had to choose a folding blade or fixed blade to do the job of both skinning and filleting, which style would you pick?
Help with knife 2009
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Wake me up when they put the fish filleting app on the gadget.
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The Blood - The prize for most cringe-inducing scene has to be Ashur proving that he's no longer loyal to the House of Batiatus by slowly and excruciatingly filleting the "B" brand off his forearm.
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