释义 |
ˈscalloping, ˈscolloping, vbl. n. [f. scallop n. or v. + -ing1.] The action of the vb. scallop. Also concr., scalloped ornament, edging, marking, or the like.
a1800Peggy Irvine iv. in Child Ballads V. 301/2 Her petticoats was of the silk so fine, set out with the silver and scolloping. 1889A. R. Wallace Darwinism 255 Minute examination detects differences in form and scalloping of the wings. attrib.1875Knight Dict. Mech., Scalloping-tool (Saddlery), a tool for giving an ornamental edge to leather straps. So ˈscalloping ppl. a., forming ‘scallops’.
18..Whittier Prose Wks. (1889) II. 381 A long scalloping range of hills. |