Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913 Shallot Shal·lot′ (shăl·lŏt′), n. [OF. eschalote (for escalone), F. échalote. See Scallion, and cf. Eschalot.] (Bot.) A small kind of onion (Allium Ascalonicum) growing in clusters, and ready for gathering in spring; a scallion, or eschalot. ‹ Shallop Shallow ›