escallop noun. [ɪ'skalǝp, ɛ-, -'skɒl-] L15.
[Old French escalope shell. Cf. SCALLOP.]
1. = SCALLOP noun 2b. L15.

2. = SCALLOP noun 1. E17.

3. Heraldry. A figure of a single valve of a scallop, borne as a charge. E17.

Comb.:
escallop-shell (a) = SCALLOP shell; (b) an ornamental imitation of a scallop shell; (c) Heraldry = sense 3 above.

■ escalloped adjective = SCALLOPED E17.

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