escaloped

English

A shield escaloped.

Etymology

From escalop +‎ -ed.

Adjective

escaloped (comparative more escaloped, superlative most escaloped)

1. Cut or marked in the form of an escalop; scalloped.
2. (heraldry) Covered with a scaly pattern resembling a series of escalop shells, each of which issues from between two others. (Compare papelonné.)

   Synonyms: scaled, escalopé

Further reading

• “escaloped”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• opalesced