▪ I. scallet local.
(ˈskælɪt)
Also -ot.
A bed of freestone in Wiltshire and Somerset.
| 1825 in Britton Beauties Wilts. III. 414 The upper beds [of the Portland series of oolitic rock] are known to the quarry-men by the name of the Scallot beds. 1839 Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl. Oct. 376/2 The scallet, which is the finest in grain, is used for ashlar. |
▪ II. scallet
obs. variant of scalade.