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Vinony

escallop

noun

  1. heraldic animal
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From Middle French 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. A regular, curving indenture in the margin of anything.

    “So many jags or escalops.”

  4. Alternative spelling of escalope.

verb

Etymology: From Middle French escalope.

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