Definitions for scalloping

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scalloping scal·lop·ing

Spelling: [skol-uh-ping, skal-]

IPA: /ˈskɒl ə pɪŋ, ˈskæl-/

Scalloping is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 704 anagrams from letters in scalloping (acgillnops).

Definitions for scalloping

noun

1. the act or occupation of collecting scallops.
2. a pattern or contour in the form of scallops, as along the edge of a garment.
3. the act of finishing an edge with scallops.
4. any of the bivalve mollusks of the genus Argopecten (Pecten) and related genera that swim by rapidly clapping the fluted shell valves together.
5. the adductor muscle of certain species of such mollusks, used as food.
6. one of the shells of such a mollusk, usually having radial ribs and a wavy outer edge.
7. a scallop shell or a dish in which food, especially seafood, is baked and served.
8. Cookery. a thin slice of meat, usually further flattened by pounding with a mallet or other implement.
9. any of a series of curved projections cut along the edge, as of a fabric.

verb (used with object)

1. to finish (an edge) with scallops.
2. Cookery. to escallop.

verb (used without object)

1. to dredge for scallops.

Origin of scalloping

First recorded in 1790-1800; scallop + -ing¹

Examples for scalloping

The scalloping territory comprises about 2,500 acres, most of which is unproductive or productive only at intervals.

Permits are required for scalloping, but are issued free of charge by the selectmen.

To-day the scalloping is of slight importance, and practically all is used for home trade.

This has worked the ruin of the scalloping in these localities.

Dredging is the only method of scalloping used in Mattapoisett.

While the extent of the scalloping area is large, only portions are ever productive at any one time.

At the close of the scalloping season, when the ice came, the scallops were still abundant.

At Dennisport scalloping is practically all done by dredging, while at West Dennis scallops are all taken by the use of "pushers."

scalloping with power necessitates the services of two men, as one man has to cull while the other steers.

There is also scalloping along the shore on the Dennis grounds.