tunicle noun. ['tju:nɪk(ǝ)l] LME.
[Old French (alt. of tunique), or Latin tunicula, dim. of tunica TUNIC: see -CLE. Cf. TOURNIQUET.]
1. A small tunic; fig. a wrapping, a covering, an integument. LME-M18.

2. Ecclesiastical. A short vestment worn by a subdeacon over the alb or (formerly) by a bishop between the alb and the dalmatic at celebrations of the Eucharist. LME.

3. An enclosing membrane; = TUNIC 2a. Long arch. rare. LME.

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