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Answer for the clue "Narrow headband ", 6 letters:
fillet

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Word definitions for fillet in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, "to bind with a narrow band," from fillet (n.). Meaning "to cut in fillets" is from 1846. Related: Filleted ; filleting .

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fillet \Fil"let\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Filleted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Filleting .] To bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A fillet was originally worn in classical antiquity , especially in cultures of the Mediterranean, Levant and Persia, including Hellenic Culture . At that time, a fillet was a very narrow band of cloth, leather or some form of garland, and they were frequently ...

Usage examples of fillet.

Fillet of sole amandine was tasteless, decomposed, and swimming in broth, and the almonds had not browned.

It must have seemed very cruel to Alphonsine that she, with her smooth brown hair which she coiffed perfectly, her long white hands, and her slender body with its hour-glass waist, which had a strange air of having been filleted of all grossness, could never know the joy that could be obtained even by this black untidy girl.

As Jessamy removed the dried floral wreaths from both bowed heads, the girls with the veils performed their offices, bidding Alyce and Marie to hold the front edges of the veils in place while rainbow-plaited fillets were bound across their foreheads, entirely suitable for the lives they were to lead for the next few years.

When it boils, put in the fillets rolled up, and fastened with a toothpick.

A handkerchief, a fillet for your hair, a wreath of gold or silver, a breastpin, a mirror, a girdle, a purse, a tassel, a comb, sleeves, gloves, a ring, a compact, a picture, a washbasin, a flag but only as a souvenir.

So were the winter vegetables and the roast fillet of beef with cornichon tarragon sauce.

It took him only moments to set up his bubbletent, light a small fire, and set his simple dinner -- a filleted fatfin, rubbed with garlic and habanero -- to grilling.

Steam salmon steaks, cool, cut into fillets, dip in egg and crumbs, fry in deep fat, and serve with Tartar or Hollandaise Sauce.

One could read, chalked on a slate: Rillettes du Morvan Fillet of veal with lentils Cheese Tarte maison The plump Magistrate perked up in this atmosphere, greedily sniffing the thick scent of food.

She would beat the fillets lightly with straws so the flavor of the smoke would permeate them while they turned a golden brown.

I longed to shape a tree branch into a pronged trident, to spear a fat wingfish, to fillet it with my overgrown fingernails and suck down the salty meat.

It is the practical inattention to similar coincidences which has given rise to the unpleasant but often necessary documents called indictments, which has sharpened a form of the cephalotome sometimes employed in the case of adults, and adjusted that modification of the fillet which delivers the world of those who happen to be too much in the way while such striking coincidences are taking place.

Fish was filleted and hung up on wooden dowels to dry over slow, smoky fires.

Just as tacos, fish fillets, and eggrolls offered a break from fast-food monotony, this new generation of diverse hamburgers also gave customers significant choices for their meals.

A fillet of silver lace fastened with pins whose diamond embellishments blazed in the sunlight bound her gray hair.