Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - scapular

 I. noun  Etymology: Middle English ~e, 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  II. adjective  Etymology: New Latin ~is, from scapula  Date: 1713 of or relating to the shoulder, the scapula, or ~s