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Steinkirk

{

Steen′kirkˊ

(stēn′kẽrkˊ)
,

Stein′kirkˊ

(stīn′-)
, }
Noun.
[So called from the battle of
Steinkirk
, in 1692, on which occasion the French nobles had no time to arrange their lace neckcloths.]
A kind of neckcloth worn in a loose and disorderly fashion.

Stein′kirkˊ

,
Noun.
Same as
Steenkirk
.