scapular

 
Pronunciation: /ˈskapjʊlə/

adjective

Anatomy & Zoology
  • relating to the shoulder or shoulder blade.

noun

  • 1a short monastic cloak covering the shoulders.
  • a symbol of affiliation to an ecclesiastical order, consisting of two strips of cloth hanging down the breast and back and joined across the shoulders.
  • 2 Medicine a bandage passing over and around the shoulders.
  • 3 Ornithology a scapular feather.

Origin:

late 15th century (in scapular (sense 1 of the noun)): from late Latin scapulare, from scapula 'shoulder'. The adjective (late 17th century) and the later senses of the noun are from scapula + -ar1