a. [f. as prec. -AR; cf. F. tégulaire.] a. Pertaining to or of the nature of a tile; composed of or arranged like tiles. b. Entom. Pertaining to or of the nature of a tegula (Cent. Dict., 1891). Hence Tegularly adv., in the manner of tiles; so as to overlap like tiles. So Tegulated a., (of armor) composed of overlapping plates.
1796. Kirwan, Elem. Min. (ed. 2), II. 162. In flat hexahædral masses regularly accumulated or implicated.
1828. Webster, Tegular, pertaining to a tile; resembling a tile; consisting of tiles.
1834. Planché, Brit. Costume, 72. A suit of … tegulated armour … composed of small square plates of steel, lapping over each other like tiles.
1842. Blackw. Mag., LII. 171. In rastred, or ringed, or tegulated armour.
