单词 | escallop-shell |
释义 | escallop-shelln. = scallop-shell n. 1. The shell of the escallop, usually a single valve of the shell.Pilgrims returning from the shrine of St. James at Compostella were accustomed to wear an escallop-shell found on the Galician shore; hence, this shell (in ecclesiastical symbolism used as the emblem of the apostle) is often referred to as the distinctive badge of a pilgrim. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Pectinidae > genus Pecten > member of > valve of shell escallop-shell1628 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. Pref. The Senators of Rome did weare bracelets of Escalop shelles about their armes. 1634 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise (new ed.) ii. iv. 116 Upon her [Thetis'] head a Coronet of Periwinkle and Escallop shelles. 1644 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 101 The piazza..being made with descending steps, much resembles the figure of an escalop-shell. 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. viii. 254 None are more beautiful..than..Escallop shells or Comb shells. 1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. i. vi. 211 The escalop-shell, the device of St. James, was adopted as the universal badge of the palmer. 2. An imitation of a scallop shell used for ornamental purposes; esp. in the collar of the order of St. Michael. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > others popinjay1322 serpent1388 moss-work1600 flame1602 frostwork1631 damask branch1634 mascaron1664 lacework1675 swash1680 branch-work1702 escallop-shella1706 festoon work1712 ovum1728 bricking1760 rising sun1787 ram's horn1842 linen-pattern1845 linen-scroll1854 wheel-rood1862 primal1875 patch ornament1878 tree1879 wheel-cross1882 skeuomorph1889 linenfold1891 taotie1915 boteh1917 pelta1935 starburst1953 quilling1972 towel-pattern- a1706 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. (1707) 18 With such Ornament and Decoration as best becomes them; as to Nymphs..Sea-Gods, Escalop-Shells, &c. 1864 J. Woodward in Notes & Queries V. 184 The collar of this order was composed of escallop shells. 3. Heraldry. The figure of an escallop borne as a charge. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [noun] > fish and sea creatures luce1587 chabot1610 escallop-shell1610 lucy1660 escallop1671 horse-marine1705 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xxiii. 171 He beareth Argent, an Escallop Shell Gules, by the name of Prelate. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. Pref. A Cheuron betwene three Escalop shelles Sable. 1766–87 M. A. Porny Elem. Heraldry 175 Three Escallop-shells Pearl. 1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) xv. 192 The escallop shells appear again upon the shield of De Bigot. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1610 |
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