2. (Cookery)
Defn: To bake in scallop shells or dishes; to prepare with crumbs of bread or cracker, and bake. See Scalloped oysters, below.
SCALLOPED
Scal"loped, a.
1. Furnished with a scallop; made or done with or in a scallop.
2. Having the edge or border cut or marked with segments of circles. See Scallop, n., 2.
3. (Cookery)
Defn: Baked in a scallop; cooked with crumbs. Scalloped oysters
(Cookery), opened oysters baked in a deep dish with alternate layers
of bread or cracker crumbs, seasoned with pepper, nutmeg, and butter.
This was at first done in scallop shells.
SCALLOPER
Scal"lop*er, n.
Defn: One who fishes for scallops.
SCALLOPING
Scal"lop*ing, n.