n.
Pronunciation: -l ə r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English scapulare, from Late Latin, from Latin scapula shoulder
Date: 15th century
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