Seal'lop, n.

noun

(skŏl'lup), n. [Written also scollop.] [See ESCALOP.]

Sense 1. (Conch.) A marine shellfish or bivalve mollusk, of the genus Pecten, often used for food. The shell occurs in abundance on the coast of Palestine, and was formerly worn by pilgrims as a mark that they had been to the Holy Land.

Sense 2. A recess or curving of the edge of any thing, like the segment of a circle.

Sense 3. A kind of dish for baking oysters in.

An engraved illustration of a scallop shell with a broad, fan-shaped ridged upper shell and a short hinge at the base.
Scallop Shell.