escroll
English
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Noun
escroll (plural escrolls)
- (obsolete) A scroll.
- (heraldry) A long strip or scroll (resembling a ribbon or a band of parchment), sometimes bearing a motto or other text, either (rarely) used as a charge upon the shield, or placed above the shield and supporting the crest, or below the shield.
- 1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 238:
- Or, on a bend sable, three ostrich feathers argent, the quills transfixed through as many escrolls gold. - Sir Roger de CLARENDON, [natural son of Edward the Black Prince].
Further reading
- “escroll”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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