escallop

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

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.

noun

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

escallop

/ ɛˈskɒləp; ɛˈskæl- /

noun

1. See scallop
   another word for scallop

Other Words From

• unes·calloped adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of escallop¹

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

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

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

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Per pale sable and or, a cheveron between three escallop shells, all counterchanged.

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Gules, four fusils in fess or, each charged with an escallop sable (Cheney).

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In conjunction with fish we may perhaps consider the Escallop which, as a charge, belongs to the earliest period of Heraldry.

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