steenkirk Meaning, Definition & Usage

Steen"kirk`, Stein"kirk` noun (Also<
  • Steenkirk
  • Steinkirk
)
Etymology
So called from the battle of Steinkirk, in 1692, on which occasion the French nobles had no time to arrange their lace neckcloths.
Definitions
  1. A kind of neckcloth worn in a loose and disorderly fashion.

Webster 1913