escallop

[ e-skol-uhp, e-skal- ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to bake (food cut into pieces) in a sauce or other liquid, often with crumbs on top; scallop.

  2. to bake (fish, potatoes, etc.) in scallop shells.

noun
  1. Heraldry. a representation of a scallop shell, traditionally associated with pilgrimages and crusades.

Origin of escallop

1
1425–75; late Middle English <Middle French, Old French escalope, escalipe shell (of a nut, snail, etc.), perhaps <Middle Dutch scelpe, scolpe mollusk shell (Dutch schelp; perhaps akin to scalp)
  • Also es·cal·op (for defs. 1-3) .

Other words from escallop

  • un·es·cal·loped, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for escallop

escallop

/ (ɛˈskɒləp, ɛˈskæl-) /


noun, verb
  1. another word for scallop

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