steinkirk
English
Alternative forms
- steenkirk
Etymology
So called from the battle of Steinkirk, in 1692, on which occasion the French nobles had no time to arrange their lace neckcloths.
Noun
steinkirk (plural steinkirks)
- A kind of neckcloth worn in a loose and disorderly fashion.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for steinkirk in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)