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escallop

[e-skol-uhp, e-skal-] / ɛˈskɒl əp, ɛˈskæl- /


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The badge of the Lords Dacre was an escallop united to a ragged staff, as in the margin.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower

Neither have shell-fish been overlooked: the escallop in particular, from its religious associations, has always been a special favourite.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower

Gardens are sometimes bordered with escallop shells, which are neat enough but seem rather out of place among flowers.

From What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

This beautiful charge of the escallop, happy in its association with the pilgrims of the olden time, and always held in high esteem by Heralds, is generally drawn as in No. 165.

From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting

The western arch capitals have, as decoration, the rose and escallop shell alternately—badges of the Dacres and Nevilles, who also may have been benefactors to the cathedral.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See by C. King Eley




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