| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A bivalve shell of the genus Pecten.[Websters]
2. A regular, curving indenture in the margin of anything.[Websters] 3. The figure or shell of an escalop, considered as a sign that the bearer had been on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.[Websters] 4. A bearing or a charge consisting of an escalop shell.[Websters]. | |
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Date "ESCALOP" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Etymology:Escalop \Es*cal"op\, noun. [Old French expression escalope shell, French escalope sort of cut of meat. See Scallop.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ESCALOP
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| Noah Webster | [Noun] skal'lup. A family of bivalvular shell-fish, whose shell is regularly indented. In the center of the top of the shell is a trigonal sinus with an elastic cartilage for its hinge. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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