escroll

plural escrolls · alternative escrol

1. obsoleteA scroll.
2. governmentA long strip or scroll (resembling a ribbon or a band of parchment), sometimes bearing a motto or other text, either (rarely) used as a charge upon the shield, or placed above the shield and supporting the crest, or below the shield.

   Or, on a bend sable, three ostrich feathers argent, the quills transfixed through as many escrolls gold. - Sir Roger de CLARENDON, [natural son of Edward the Black Prince].

   1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 238