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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

tunicula

a little tunic, coat, or membrane, dim. of

tunica

a tunic: cf. OF.

tunicle

A slight natural covering; an integument.

The

tunicles

that make the ball or apple of the eye.

Holland.

(R. C. Ch.)

A short, close-fitting vestment worn by bishops under the dalmatic, and by subdeacons.

Noun.

[from tunic.] A natural covering; an integument.

tunicle ‎(plural tunicles)

(obsolete) A small tunic.
A vestment worn by an archdeacon.
- 1845, In illustrating his views on the Popish tendency of these rubrics, the rev. gentleman particularly referred to the use of the alb, and cope, and tunicle, by the clergy in the discharge of their official duties. — The Times, 11 Jan 1845, p.5 col. D
(anatomy) A tunica; a membrane or membranous sheath of skin.