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Webster 1913 Edition

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(stēn′kẽrkˊ)

(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.

Noun.

Same as

steinkirk ‎(plural steinkirks)