Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

escallop


Definition of escallop

noun

  • 3 Heraldry a scallop shell as a charge.

verb (escallops, escalloping, escalloped)

Origin:

late 15th century (in escallop (sense 2 of the noun)): from Old French escalope 'shell'. Compare with escalope and scallop

escallop in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of escallop in the US English dictionary
  |  Cite

Word of the day

kempt

/ kɛm(p)t /
adjective
maintained in a neat and clean condition …