The habit worn by Augustinian nuns, a sign of poverty, chastity, modesty and decorum, differed from country to country and convent to convent, but it usually consisted of:

-a full-length, high-necked loose black wool tunic, cinched at the waist with a belt called a cincture -a black wool scapular hanging down both in front and in back -linen collars, neither pleated nor transparent, sewn to . . .