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escallop

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From Middle French escalope.

noun escallops · escalop · escalope

  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.
  4. alternative Alternative spelling of escalope

verb escallops · escalloping · escalloped · escalop · escalope

  1. dated Dated form of scallop (“bake in a casserole”).

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@misc{escallop_2026,
  title = {escallop},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/escallop},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}