escroll

English

There is one escroll above and another below the shield of Robert Berry.

Alternative forms

• escrol

Etymology

See escrow and scroll.

Noun

escroll (plural escrolls)

1. (obsolete) A scroll.
2. (heraldry) A long strip or scroll (resembling a ribbon or a band of parchment), sometimes bearing a motto or other text, either (rarely) used as a charge upon the shield, or placed above the shield and supporting the crest, or below the shield.
   • 1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 238:

     Or, on a bend sable, three ostrich feathers argent, the quills transfixed through as many escrolls gold. - Sir Roger de CLARENDON, [natural son of Edward the Black Prince].

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Collers