scroll

¹scroll

noun \ˈskrōl\

Definition of SCROLL

1

a : a roll (as of papyrus, leather, or parchment) for writing a document b archaic : a written message c : roster, list d : a riband with rolled ends often inscribed with a motto

2

a : something resembling a scroll in shape; especially : a spiral or convoluted form in ornamental design derived from the curves of a loosely or partly rolled parchment scroll b : the curved head of a bowed stringed musical instrument — see violin illustration

— scrolled \ˈskrōld\ adjective

Examples of SCROLL

1. He read from the scroll.
2. a scarf with lovely green scrolls on it

Illustration of SCROLL

Origin of SCROLL

Middle English scrowle, blend of rolle roll and scrowe scrap, scroll (from Anglo-French escrowe, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch schrode piece cut off, Old High German scrōt) — more at shred

First Known Use: 15th century

Other Printing Terms

epigraph, errata, leader, mechanical, notch, tittle, underscore, widow

Rhymes with SCROLL

bole, boll, bowl, coal, cole, Cole, dhole, dole, droll, foal, goal, hole, knoll, kohl, Kohl, mole, ole, pole, poll, prole, role, roll, Seoul, shoal, skoal, sol, sole, soul, stole, stroll, thole, tole, toll, troll, vole, whole