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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A scallop.
2. 2
   A regular, curving indenture in the margin of anything. obsolete

   "So many jags or escalops."

3. 3
   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.

Verb

1. 1
   Dated form of scallop (“bake in a casserole”). alt-of, dated

Etymology

Old French escalope (“shell”), French escalope (“a sort of cut of meat”).

Related phrases

holy land

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