escroll

English

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Etymology

See escrow and scroll.

Noun

escroll (plural escrolls)

  1. (obsolete) A scroll.
  2. (heraldry, obsolete) A long strip or scroll resembling a ribbon or a band of parchment, anciently placed above the shield and supporting the crest.
  3. (obsolete) In modern heraldry, a similar ribbon on which the motto is inscribed.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for escroll in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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