1. present participle of escalop; to cook (meat or fish) by breading and frying, often in a scallop shell or shell-shaped dish
Usage: culinary; also spelled scalloping in some contexts
2. present participle of escalop; to decorate with a scalloped edge or pattern
Usage: design, sewing

1. the action or process of cooking food by breading and frying, or of creating a scalloped edge
Usage: gerund form

Examples

• The chef was escaloping the veal cutlets for the evening service.
• She enjoyed escaloping the edges of the quilt with decorative stitching.
• Escaloping is a classic French cooking technique for preparing delicate meats.
• The recipe called for escaloping the fish fillets before serving them with lemon sauce.
• The seamstress finished escaloping the neckline of the dress with a contrasting thread.