Meaning

noun one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell obse

noun edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces

noun thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled

originFrom Old French escalope (“shell”). Doublet of escalope. Related to scale and shell.

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