[scap.u.lar] n [ME scapulare, fr. LL, fr. L scapula shoulder] (15c) 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
[2]scapular adj [NL scapularis, fr. scapula] (1713): of or relating to the shoulder, the scapula, or scapul ars