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
