escallop

[ e-skol-uhp, e-skal- ]

/ ɛˈskɒl əp, ɛˈskæl- /

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verb (used with object)

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

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

noun

scallop.

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

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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)

OTHER WORDS FROM escallop

un·es·cal·loped, adjective

Words nearby escallop

escalate, escalation, escalator, escalator clause, escallonia, escallop, escalope, Escambia, Escanaba, escapade, escape

How to use escallop in a sentence

Gardens are sometimes bordered with escallop shells, which are neat enough but seem rather out of place among flowers.
What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes|Dorothy Canfield Fisher
The badge of the Lords Dacre was an escallop united to a ragged staff, as in the margin.
The Curiosities of Heraldry|Mark Antony Lower
Per pale sable and or, a cheveron between three escallop shells, all counterchanged.
Notes and Queries, Number 235, April 29, 1854|Various
Gules, four fusils in fess or, each charged with an escallop sable (Cheney).
The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West|William Henry Hamilton Rogers

In conjunction with fish we may perhaps consider the Escallop which, as a charge, belongs to the earliest period of Heraldry.
The Handbook to English Heraldry|Charles Boutell

British Dictionary definitions for escallop

escallop

/ (ɛˈskɒləp, ɛˈskæl-) /

noun, verb

another word for scallop

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