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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Es-cal'op, n.

noun

(es-skŏl'up) (Synop., § 130), n. [O. Fr. escalope, D. schulp, shell.]

  1. (Conch.) A bivalve shell, of the genus Pecten, whose form is nearly that of a circle, with one straight side, as the hinge side, and whose face is usually marked with ribs, radiating from the hinge outward. Dana.
  2. A regular, curving indenture in the margin of any thing. See SCALLOP and SCOLLOP. “So many jags or escalops.” Ray.
  3. (Her.) The figure of an escalop, borne in a field, to denote that the bearer or his ancestors had made long voyages or pilgrimages, or had been engaged in the crusades.