Tū'ni-cle, n.

(tū'nĭ-kl), n. [O. Fr. tunicle, Lat. tunicula, a little tunic, coat, or membrane, dim. of tunica, a tunic.] 1. A natural covering; an integument. [Rare.] “The tunicles that make the ball or apple of the eye.” Holland. 2. (Eccl.) A kind of long robe; a dalmatica. See DALMATICA.