• (n.) A kind of neckcloth worn in a loose and disorderly fashion. • (n.) Same as Steenkirk.
Stein'kirk` noun Same as Steenkirk . 
Steinkirk was a late 17th century fashion in which a fine quality lace neck cloth or cravat was worn studiously disarrayed, with the front ends twisted together and passed through a buttonhole or attached with a brooch to one side of the coat. The Steinkirk originated following the battle of Steinkirk in 1692 at which the soldiers were caught unawa...