a little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head.-a piece of lean meat without bone; sometimes, a long strip rolled together and tied.-a thin strip or ribbon; esp.: (a) a strip of metal from which coins are punched. (b) a strip of card clothing. (c) a thin projecting band or strip.-a concave filling in of a reentrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner.-a narrow flat member; especially, a flat molding separating other moldings; a reglet; also, the space between two flutings in a shaft. see illust. of base, and column.-an ordinary equaling in breadth one fourth of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.-the thread of a screw.-a border of broad or narrow lines of color or gilt.-the raised molding about the muzzle of a gun.-any scantling smaller than a batten.-a fascia; a band of fibers; applied esp. to certain bands of white matter in the brain.-the loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.-to bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet.