According to Merriam-Webster, filet is derived from the french word for net, so you could probably argue that it's the proper word for roast-tied-with-a-string.
It would be tidy, but OED reports that "fillet" has earlier usage for that (and makes etymological sense there, too), so I think we have to let it all be a glorious haggis.
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Re: fuh-loy
Date: 2004-04-07 02:46 pm (UTC)It would be tidy, but OED reports that "fillet" has earlier usage for that (and makes etymological sense there, too), so I think we have to let it all be a glorious haggis.