escalop

Definitions

n. A scallop.
n. A regular, curving indenture in the margin of anything.
n. heraldry 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.

n. (Zoöl.) A bivalve shell of the genus Pecten. See scallop.
n. A regular, curving indenture in the margin of anything. See Scallop.
n. The figure or shell of an escalop, considered as a sign that the bearer had been on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
n. (Her.) A bearing or a charge consisting of an escalop shell.

Old French escalope ("shell"), French escalope ("a sort of cut of meat"). (Wiktionary)

“Using a slice, she placed an egg on top of each escalop.”

Modesty Blaise
“It received the name of the Cockle, from the escalop-shells of gold with which the collar of the Order was ornamented.”

The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6)
“Put a layer of the cauliflower in an escalop dish, moisten it with Bechamel or cream sauce, and sprinkle in a little grated cheese.”

Miss Parloa's New Cook Book
“Butter the escalop dish, and cover the bottom with bread crumbs.”

Miss Parloa's New Cook Book
“Put a layer of sauce in a deep escalop dish, and then a layer of fish, which dredge well with salt (a table - spoonful) and pepper; then another layer of sauce, again fish, and then sauce.”

Miss Parloa's New Cook Book
“Butter the escalop dishes, and put in a layer of crumbs and then one of oysters.”

Miss Parloa's New Cook Book
“Put a layer of the meat in an escalop dish, then gravy, then a thin layer of crumbs; and continue this until the dish is full.”

Miss Parloa's New Cook Book
“Christendom, during the Middle Ages; and the escalop shell, the device of”

The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1