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Webster 1913 Edition

Escalop

Es-cal′op

(?; 277)
,
Noun.
[OF.
escalope
shell, F.
escalope
a sort of cut of meat. See
Scallop
.]
1.
(Zoöl.)
A bivalve shell of the genus
Pecten
. See
Scallop
.
2.
A regular, curving indenture in the margin of anything. See
Scallop
.
“So many jags or escalops.”
Ray.
3.
(a)
The figure or shell of an escalop, considered as a sign that the bearer had been on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
Hence:
(b)
(Her.)
A bearing or a charge consisting of an escalop shell.

Webster 1828 Edition

Escalop

ESCAL'OP

,
Noun.
skal'lup. A family of bivalvular shell-fish, whose shell is regularly indented. In the center of the top of the shell is a trigonal sinus with an elastic cartilage for its hinge.
1.
A regular curving indenture in the margin of any thing. [See Scallop and Scollop.]

Definition 2024

escalop

escalop

English

Noun

escalop ‎(plural escalops)

  1. A scallop.
  2. A regular, curving indenture in the margin of anything.
    • Ray
      So many jags or escalops.
  3. (heraldry) 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.

Related terms

Etymology

Old French escalope ‎(“shell”), French escalope ‎(“a sort of cut of meat”).

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