scapular

¹scap·u·lar

noun \-lər\

Definition of SCAPULAR

1

a : a long wide band of cloth with an opening for the head worn front and back over the shoulders as part of a monastic habit b : a pair of small cloth squares joined by shoulder tapes and worn under the clothing on the breast and back as a sacramental and often also as a badge of a third order or confraternity

2

a : scapula b : one of the feathers covering the base of a bird's wing — see bird illustration

Origin of SCAPULAR

Middle English scapulare, from Late Latin, from Latin scapula shoulder

First Known Use: 15th century