filleting

American  

[fil-i-ting] / ˈfɪl ɪ tɪŋ /

noun

Building Trades.

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

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Etymology

Origin of filleting

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

Example Sentences

At first, the farewell - and then the filleting.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025

Panelo worked at Mutual Fish in the 1980s, one of many cutters filleting and deboning “smelt by the hundreds of pounds,” a fish not many other markets sold at that time.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 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 a town where everyone is always filleting everyone else, Mr. Iger floats above it all, cosseted in what some call a “a cult of nice.”

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2019

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