colloped

English

Etymology

From collop +‎ -ed.

Adjective

colloped (comparative more colloped, superlative most colloped)

1. Having ridges or bunches of flesh, like collops.
   • 1845, George Lippard, The Quaker City: Or, The Monks of Monk Hall:

     Then dressed in solemn black, the respected Grand-ma of the Bridegroom, who was in such a fever to see the Bride, came stepping mincingly along the floor, glancing from side to side with an amiable look that ruffled the yellowish flesh of her colloped cheeks .

   • 1855, Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, section XIV:

     Alive? he might be dead for aught I know, / With that red gaunt and colloped neck a-strain, / And shut eyes underneath the rusty mane;

   • 2004, Stephen King, The Dark Tower, page 694:

     "Lippy," the gunslinger said, and jerked a thumb back over his shoulder. "Yonder's pluggit, colloped neck and all, only female instead of male."

2. Having been cut into collops (thin slices).
   • 1903, Adolphe Meyer, "Dainty Dishes": A Collection of Choice Receipts, page 62:

     Cut some breast of cooked turkey, capon or fowl into need collops, add an equal amount of cooked and colloped sweetbread and some sliced truffles and mushrooms, and blend with German sauce.

   • 2013, G. A. Escoffier, A Guide to Modern Cookery - Part II., page 1206:

     In the double cavity left by the fillets spread a few tablespoonfuls of béchamel with parprika; return the colloped fillets to their respective places in the joint, reconstructing them in such wise as to make them appear untouched; and between the collops pour 1/2 tablespoonful béchamel and lay 2 slices of truffle.

Verb

colloped

1. simple past and past participle of collop

Anagrams

• clodpole