escallop

American  

[e-skol-uhp, e-skal-] / ɛˈskɒl əp, ɛˈskæl- /

Also escalop

verb (used with object)

1. to bake (food cut into pieces) in a sauce or other liquid, often with crumbs on top; scallop.

2. to bake (fish, potatoes, etc.) in scallop shells.

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noun

1. scallop.

2. Heraldry. a representation of a scallop shell, traditionally associated with pilgrimages and crusades.

escallop British  

/ ɛˈskɒləp, ɛˈskæl- /

noun

1. another word for scallop

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Other Word Forms

• unescalloped
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of escallop

1425–75; late Middle English < Middle French, Old French escalope, escalipe shell (of a nut, snail, etc.), perhaps < Middle Dutch scelpe, scolpe mollusk shell ( Dutch schelp; perhaps akin to scalp )

Example Sentences

The badge of the Lords Dacre was an escallop united to a ragged staff, as in the margin.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

Gardens are sometimes bordered with escallop shells, which are neat enough but seem rather out of place among flowers.

From What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield

Your mind is made of crumbs,—like an escallop Of oysters,—first a layer of crumbs, and then An oystery taste, and then a layer of crumbs.

From Aria da Capo by Millay, Edna St. Vincent

The western arch capitals have, as decoration, the rose and escallop shell alternately—badges of the Dacres and Nevilles, who also may have been benefactors to the cathedral.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See by Eley, C. King

Neither have shell-fish been overlooked: the escallop in particular, from its religious associations, has always been a special favourite.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony