escroll

Definitions

noun In heraldry, same as scroll—that is. the ribbon upon which the motto is displayed. Also escrol.

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

See escrow and scroll.

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The treaty, thus concluded at the end of March, was to lie as an _escroll_ in the hands of the Marquis of

A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics - Volume 2 Thomas D'Arcy McGee 1846
The treaty, thus concluded at the end of March, was to lie as an _escroll_ in the hands of the Marquis of

A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Complete Thomas D'Arcy McGee 1846
Peterborough Cathedral; or with an escroll, as in No. 397, from a miserere in the fine and interesting church at Ludlow.

The Handbook to English Heraldry Charles Boutell 1844
At the first, either a single Feather was borne, the quill generally transfixing an escroll, as in No. 394, from the monument of Prince

The Handbook to English Heraldry Charles Boutell 1844
In No. 399 I give a representation of another early plume of three Ostrich Feathers, as they are carved, with an escroll in place of a coronet, upon the

The Handbook to English Heraldry Charles Boutell 1844