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Webster 1913 Edition


Escroll

{

Es-crol′

,

Es-croll′

}
,
Noun.
[See
Escrow
,
Scroll
.]
1.
A scroll.
[Obs.]
2.
(Her.)
(a)
A long strip or scroll resembling a ribbon or a band of parchment, or the like, anciently placed above the shield, and supporting the crest.
(b)
In modern heraldry, a similar ribbon on which the motto is inscribed.

Definition 2024


escroll

escroll

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Alternative forms

Noun

escroll (plural escrolls)

  1. (obsolete) A scroll.
  2. (heraldry, obsolete) A long strip or scroll resembling a ribbon or a band of parchment, anciently placed above the shield and supporting the crest.
  3. (obsolete) In modern heraldry, a similar ribbon on which the motto is inscribed.