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Definition of Scallop shell
1. Noun. A shell of a scallop.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scallop Shell
Literary usage of Scallop shell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Voyages and Travels by the Rev. Daniel Tyerman and George Bennet by Daniel Tyerman, George Bennet, London Missionary Society (1832)
"... and Salt prepared—Tamatoa, King of Raiatea—Trial and Punishment for
Tatooing—Yoke-fellows—Pic-nic Parties—Superstitious Respect for a Scallop-shell— ..."
2. Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and by William Shepard Walsh (1897)
"The distinguishing badge of pilgrims to this shrine was a scallop-shell worn on the
... Curiously enough, a scallop-shell is borne at the present day by ..."
3. Pilgrimages to Saint Mary of Walsingham and Saint Thomas of Canterbury by Desiderius Erasmus, John Gough Nichols (1849)
"No symbol of pilgrimage is better known than the scallop-shell; so that no modern
artist or costumier would think of representing a pilgrim without this ..."
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