filleting

American

[fil-i-ting] / ˈfɪl ɪ tɪŋ /

noun

Building Trades.

material, as mortar, used as a substitute for flashing.

Etymology

Origin of filleting

First recorded in 1590–1600; fillet + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

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Like, even after a lifetime of hooking, catching, gutting, filleting, smoking and eating the fish, he can’t quite believe how wondrous they really are.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 24, 2023

But those were mostly the function of an offense unable to hit shots, not a filleting of one of the NBA’s top defenses, as Adebayo had done.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2021

In the women’s draw it is being generated by a mix of old and young aspirants after the filleting of the top 10 which left only seventh seed Karolina Pliskova upright after six days.

From The Guardian • Jul. 8, 2018

Mr. Mouland put the birds in the oven, and the men turned to filleting the day’s catch of cod.

From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2016

By the time four bells struck, Sefia was exhausted, but she could wield her Vision with the precision of a filleting knife.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

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