[f. as prec.: see -ATE3; cf. tubulation.] trans. a. To form into a tube. b. To furnish with a tube (Cent. Dict., 1891).
1802. W. Taylor, in Monthly Mag., XIII. 207. A wooden cullender the orifices of which have in the center a wire or skewer, which tubulates the extruded dough [macaroni].