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escallop

escallop noun: a scallop. Also the alternative spelling of escalope.

Noun

escallop (plural escallops)

  1. A scallop.
  2. A bearing or charge consisting of an escalop shell, considered as a sign that the bearer had been on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
  3. (obsolete) A regular, curving indenture in the margin of anything.
    • So many jags or escalops.1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC

Also used as

escallop is also the alternative spelling of escalope.

escallop is also the dated form of scallop.

Forms of escallop

Noun
pluralescallops
alternative formescalop
alternative formescalope
Verb
third-person singular presentescallops
present participleescalloping
past participleescalloped
pastescalloped

Origin of escallop

From Middle French escalope.

Questions about escallop

What does escallop mean?
Escallop means a scallop.
What part of speech is escallop?
Escallop is a noun.
What is the plural of escallop?
The plural of escallop is escallops.

Words near escallop in the dictionary

  1. escallion
  2. escallions
  3. escallonia
  4. escalloniaceous
  5. escallonias
  6. escallop
  7. escalloped
  8. escalloping
  9. escallops
  10. Escalon
  11. Escalona

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