Obs. rare–1. [Misspelling of F. escargotière, (or a dial. synonym), f. escargot snail.] A place for rearing snails.
1705. Addison, Italy, 473–4. I saw the Escargatoire…. It is a square Place boarded in, and fill’d with a vast quantity of large Snails.
1755. in Johnson; and in mod. Dicts.
