escaloped (comparative more escaloped, superlative most escaloped)
Cut or marked in the form of an escalop; scalloped.
(heraldry) Covered with a scaly pattern resembling a series of escalop shells, each of which issues from between two others.
• opalesced
Source: Wiktionary
Es*cal"oped, a.
1. Cut or marked in the form of an escalop; scalloped.
2. (Her.)
Definition: Covered with a pattern resembling a series of escalop shells, each of which issues from between two others. Its appearance is that of a surface covered with scales. Escaloped oysters (Cookery). See under Scalloped.
Es*cal"op, n. Etym: [OF. escalope shell, F. escalope a sort of cut of meat. See Scallop.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 November 2024
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