scapular 1
/skap"yeuh leuhr/ , adj.
of or pertaining to the shoulders or the scapula or scapulae.
[ 1680-90; scapularis. See SCAPULA, -AR 1 ]
scapular 2
/skap"yeuh leuhr/ , n.
1. Eccles. a loose, sleeveless monastic garment, hanging from the shoulders.
2. two small pieces of woolen cloth, joined by strings passing over the shoulders, worn under the ordinary clothing as a badge of affiliation with a religious order, a token of devotion, etc.
3. Anat. , Zool. scapula.
4. Ornith. one of the scapular feathers. See illus. under bird .
[ 1475-85; scapulare, n. use of neut. of scapularis (adj.). See SCAPULAR 1 ]