steinkirk
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]So called from the Battle of Steinkirk in 1692, when the French nobles apparently had no time to arrange their lace neckcloth.
Noun
[edit]steinkirk (plural steinkirks)
- A kind of neckcloth originating in France, worn in a loose and disorderly fashion.
- Synonym: steinkirk cravat
- 1898, John Bloundelle-Burton, The King of Spain's Will:
- Then, also, I noticed that at her neck, just above the collar of her dress, there peeped out a piece of lace of the finest quality, lace as good as that of my steinkirk or the ruffles of a dandy's frills.
References
[edit]- “steinkirk”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.