steenkirk

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  1. A name brought into fashion, after the battle of Steenkirk, for several articles, especially of dress, as wigs, buckles, large neckties, and powder; especially, a cravat of fine lace, loosely and negligently knotted, with long hanging ends, one of which was often passed through a buttonhole. Mrs. Calico. I hope your Lordship is pleased with your Steenkirk. Lord F. In love with it, stap my vitals! Bring your Bill; you shall be paid to-marrow. Vanbrugh, The Relapse, i. 3. I had yielded up my cravat (a smart Steinkirk, by the way, and richly laced). Scott, Rob Roy, xxxi. Ladies also wore them [neckcloths], as in “The Careless Husband” Lady Easy takes her Steinkirk from her Neck and lays it gently over his Head. Ashton, Social Life in Reign of Queen Anne, I. 148.

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  1. Also, less properly, steinkirk; so called in allusion to the battle fought in 1692 near Steenkerke, French Steinkerque (literally ‘stone church’), a town in Belgium.
 

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